Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
April 12, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1997 at Kauffman Stadium. 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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Minnesota Twins 11, Kansas City Royals 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 1 3 1
Becker cf 4 1 1 0
Molitor dh 3 0 0 2
Steinbach c 5 2 2 0
Lawton lf 3 1 1 1
Colbrunn 1b 5 1 2 2
Walker 3b 2 1 0 0
  Latham ph,rf 2 1 0 0
Meares ss 3 2 2 3
Hocking rf,3b 4 1 1 1
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 12 10
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 5 0 2 1
Goodwin cf 4 2 2 0
Bell ss 4 0 2 2
King 1b 4 1 1 1
Cooper dh 5 1 3 2
Paquette 3b 4 0 1 0
Dye rf 5 0 0 0
Sweeney c 3 0 0 0
Howard 2b 2 2 1 0
Belcher p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Jacome p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Minnesota 300 003 05011120
Kansas City 100 030 0116121
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke   4.2 9 4 4 2 2
  Ritchie  W (2-1) 1.1 0 0 0 3 1
  Naulty   1.1 2 1 1 1 3
  Guardado   1.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
6
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher  L (1-1) 6.0 8 6 6 2 4
  Montgomery   1.0 2 3 3 1 1
  Jacome   0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Veres   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
11
11
4
5

  E–Paquette (3).  DP–Minnesota 2, Kansas City 1.  PB–Sweeney (1).  2B–Minnesota Lawton (3,off Belcher); Colbrunn (5,off Montgomery), Kansas City Goodwin (1,off Radke); Bell (1,off Radke); King (5,off Radke); Paquette (3,off Naulty); Roberts (2,off Naulty).  HR–Minnesota Meares (2,6th inning off Belcher 2 on, 2 out), Kansas City Cooper (1,9th inning off Guardado 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Molitor 2 (3,off Belcher,off Veres); Bell (1,off Radke).  HBP–Meares (2,by Jacome).  SB–Goodwin 2 (4,3rd base off Radke/Steinbach,2nd base off Radke/Steinbach); Cooper (1,2nd base off Radke/Steinbach).  HBP–Jacome (1,Meares).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–3:23.  A–13,558.
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