Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
September 17, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1996 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 2, Kansas City Royals 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 0 1 0
Becker cf 4 0 0 0
Kelly dh 3 0 2 2
  Lawton ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Cordova lf 4 0 2 0
Coomer 1b 4 0 0 0
Walbeck c 3 0 1 0
  Hale ph 0 0 0 0
  Molitor ph 1 0 1 0
Meares ss 3 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
Hocking rf 4 1 1 0
Reboulet 3b 3 1 2 0
Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 4 1 1 1
Randa 3b 4 0 2 1
Stynes lf 4 0 2 1
  Norman lf 0 0 0 0
Paquette 1b 4 0 2 0
Young rf 3 0 0 0
  Nunnally rf 0 0 0 0
Vitiello dh 2 0 0 0
  Hamelin ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 1 1 1
Myers cf 3 1 1 0
Howard ss 4 1 2 0
Haney p 0 0 0 0
  Scanlan p 0 0 0 0
  Jacome p 0 0 0 0
  Bluma p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 11 4
Minnesota 002 000 0002100
Kansas City 000 031 00x4110
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Aldred  L (6-8) 5.1 9 4 4 2 5
  Trombley   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Guardado   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
4
4
3
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Haney  W (10-14) 7.0 8 2 2 0 5
  Scanlan   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Jacome   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bluma  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
0
5

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Minnesota Kelly (17,off Haney), Kansas City Stynes (5,off Aldred).  HR–Kansas City Macfarlane (18,6th inning off Aldred 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Myers (1,2nd base off Aldred/Walbeck).  CS–Stynes 2 (2,Home by Aldred/Walbeck,2nd base by Aldred/Walbeck).  WP–Haney 2 (7).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:37.  A–11,809.
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