Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
July 28, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 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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Minnesota Twins 3, Kansas City Royals 10

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 0 1 0 0
  Hocking pr,2b 2 0 0 0
Kelly rf 4 0 1 0
Molitor dh 4 0 1 1
Stahoviak 1b 4 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 4 0 0 0
Cordova lf 4 1 1 1
Myers c 4 0 0 0
Jackson cf 3 1 2 0
Meares ss 2 0 1 0
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 5 0 3 2
Offerman 2b 5 1 1 0
Davis dh 5 1 1 0
Palmer 3b 2 2 0 0
  Halter 3b 0 0 0 0
King 1b 5 2 4 1
Damon cf 4 1 2 2
Sweeney c 5 1 1 2
Benitez rf 5 1 4 2
Howard ss 5 1 1 1
Belcher p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 17 10
Minnesota 120 000 000362
Kansas City 700 101 01x10170
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L (2-4) 4.0 11 8 8 2 0
  Swindell   3.0 4 1 1 0 3
  Guardado   1.0 2 1 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
17
10
9
3
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher  W (10-9) 7.0 5 3 3 2 5
  Carrasco   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
5

  E–Meares 2 (12).  DP–Minnesota 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Roberts (16,off Rodriguez); Davis (13,off Swindell).  3B–Minnesota Jackson (1,off Belcher), Kansas City Damon (5,off Rodriguez).  HR–Minnesota Cordova (8,2nd inning off Belcher 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Meares (13,by Belcher); Palmer (2,by Rodriguez).  CS–Molitor (3,2nd base by Belcher/Sweeney).  WP–Rodriguez (6), Belcher (3).  HBP–Rodriguez (3,Palmer); Belcher (4,Meares).  U-HP–Ray DiMuro, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:46.
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