Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
July 23, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1997 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. 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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Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 3b,lf 4 1 1 0
Goodwin cf 4 0 1 1
Bell ss 5 0 2 2
Davis dh 3 0 0 0
King 1b 5 0 0 0
Offerman 2b 4 0 1 0
Damon lf,rf 3 2 2 0
Sweeney c 4 1 2 0
Long rf 4 1 1 1
  Halter 3b 0 0 0 0
Belcher p 0 0 0 0
  Casian p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 3 0 0 0
Becker cf 3 0 0 0
  Kelly ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Molitor dh 4 1 2 0
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 4 0 1 0
Stahoviak 1b 4 0 1 1
Cordova lf 3 0 1 0
Lawton rf,cf 3 0 0 0
Meares ss 3 0 2 0
Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Kansas City 040 001 0005100
Minnesota 000 000 100170
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher  W (9-9) 7.0 7 1 1 1 3
  Casian   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins  L (2-6) 1.1 6 4 4 2 1
  Rodriguez   5.2 3 1 1 3 1
  Trombley   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Ritchie   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
5
3

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2.  PB–Steinbach (6).  2B–Minnesota Molitor (21,off Belcher).  3B–Kansas City Bell (2,off Ritchie).  IBB–Davis (8,by Rodriguez).  SB–Goodwin (34,2nd base off Hawkins/Steinbach).  CS–Goodwin (10,2nd base by Rodriguez/Steinbach).  WP–Rodriguez (5).  IBB–Rodriguez (8,Davis).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:39.  A–11,944.
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