Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
July 30, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 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 1

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 0 1 2
Kelly rf 4 2 1 1
Molitor dh 4 1 2 1
Steinbach c 5 1 2 1
Coomer 3b 4 1 2 1
Cordova lf 5 1 1 2
Colbrunn 1b 5 1 2 0
Jackson cf 4 2 1 0
Hocking ss 5 2 2 2
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 14 10
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 0 0 0 0
  Howard lf 3 0 1 0
Offerman 2b 4 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 0 0 0
Davis dh 3 0 1 0
Palmer 3b 4 0 0 0
King 1b 4 1 1 0
Damon cf 3 0 0 0
Sweeney c 4 0 0 1
Benitez rf 2 0 0 0
Rusch p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 3 1
Minnesota 802 000 01011142
Kansas City 000 000 100133
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke  W (15-5) 7.0 3 1 1 3 3
  Ritchie   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
4
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rusch  L (3-7) 3.0 9 10 9 3 2
  Whisenant   3.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Walker   2.0 3 1 0 0 1
  Montgomery   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
11
9
3
6

  E–Hocking 2 (3), Offerman (6), Palmer (12), Benitez (1).  DP–Minnesota 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Minnesota Cordova (11,off Rusch); Hocking 2 (7,off Rusch 2), Kansas City King (22,off Radke); Howard (8,off Radke).  3B–Minnesota Knoblauch (7,off Rusch).  SF–Molitor (8,off Rusch).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Ray DiMuro, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–2:46.  A–17,002.
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