Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
April 5, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 5, 1997 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 5 0 3 0
  Howard pr 0 0 0 0
Goodwin cf 5 0 0 0
Roberts lf 4 2 2 1
King 1b 3 1 1 1
Bell ss 4 1 1 0
Vitiello dh 3 0 1 1
Dye rf 4 0 0 0
Paquette 3b 4 0 0 0
Spehr c 2 1 1 1
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
  Sweeney c 1 0 0 0
Haney p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Jacome p 0 0 0 0
  Bevil p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 1 3 2
Lawton rf 4 1 1 0
Molitor dh 4 0 0 0
Cordova lf 4 1 2 1
Steinbach c 4 1 2 3
Colbrunn 1b 3 0 1 0
  Brede ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hocking 3b 0 0 0 0
Becker cf 4 1 3 1
Meares ss 3 2 0 0
Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 12 7
Kansas City 001 310 000590
Minnesota 004 120 00x7121
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Haney  L (0-1) 4.2 10 7 7 1 3
  Veres   1.2 1 0 0 0 3
  Jacome   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bevil   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
1
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson  W (1-0) 5.0 7 5 4 1 2
  Naulty   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Guardado   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Trombley   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
2
5

  E–Colbrunn (1).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Offerman (1,off Robertson); King (1,off Robertson), Minnesota Cordova (2,off Haney); Colbrunn (1,off Haney).  3B–Kansas City Offerman (1,off Aguilera).  HR–Kansas City Spehr (1,3rd inning off Robertson 0 on, 2 out); Roberts (1,4th inning off Robertson 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Meares (1,by Haney).  IBB–Coomer (1,by Haney).  SB–Meares (1,2nd base off Haney/Spehr); Becker (1,2nd base off Veres/Spehr).  HBP–Haney (1,Meares).  IBB–Haney (1,Coomer).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:12.  A–25,711.
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