Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
April 13, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 13, 1997 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 1, Kansas City Royals 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 3 0 0 0
Becker cf 3 0 0 0
Lawton lf 4 0 0 0
Molitor dh 4 1 1 0
Myers c 3 0 2 1
Colbrunn 1b 4 0 1 0
Brede rf 4 0 2 0
Meares ss 4 0 0 0
Walker 3b 2 0 0 0
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 2 0 1 0
  Dye ph,rf 3 0 2 0
Goodwin cf 5 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 0 0 0
King 1b 0 2 0 0
Vitiello dh 4 0 1 0
  Halter pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Paquette 3b 3 0 2 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 0 0
Howard 2b 3 2 2 3
Damon rf,lf 3 1 2 3
Appier p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
Minnesota 000 100 000160
Kansas City 002 100 03x6101
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L (0-2) 3.2 4 3 3 5 0
  Swindell   3.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Olson   1.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Aguilera   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
7
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  W (1-0) 8.0 5 1 1 3 7
  Pichardo   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
7

  E–Macfarlane (1).  DP–Minnesota 3, Kansas City 2.  PB–Macfarlane (1).  2B–Minnesota Myers (1,off Appier), Kansas City Dye (2,off Swindell); Damon (1,off Olson).  HR–Kansas City Damon (1,3rd inning off Rodriguez 1 on, 0 out).  SB–Halter (1,2nd base off Olson/Myers); Howard (1,2nd base off Olson/Myers).  WP–Appier (1).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:51.  A–13,831.
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