Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
August 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1998 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 4, Minnesota Twins 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Morris lf 4 0 1 0
  Allensworth cf 0 0 0 0
Offerman 2b 4 1 2 1
Palmer dh 4 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 0
  Rivera pr,3b 0 0 0 0
King 1b 4 1 1 0
Sutton rf 2 1 0 0
Fasano c 3 1 1 3
Lopez ss 3 0 0 0
Belcher p 0 0 0 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Latham cf 3 0 0 0
Gates 2b 3 0 0 0
Molitor dh 4 0 0 0
Lawton rf 3 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 4 1 1 0
Ortiz 1b 4 0 2 0
  Hocking pr 0 0 0 0
Ochoa lf 3 1 0 0
  Walker ph 0 0 0 1
Steinbach c 4 1 2 2
Meares ss 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Kansas City 000 030 001472
Minnesota 000 200 001360
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher  W (11-9) 7.0 5 2 0 4 4
  Service   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Montgomery  SV (25) 1.0 1 1 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
0
5
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L (1-1) 7.2 5 3 3 1 9
  Guardado   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Trombley   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
1
10

  E–Damon (2), Lopez (7).  DP–Kansas City 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Kansas City Damon (19,off Rodriguez).  HR–Kansas City Fasano (5,5th inning off Rodriguez 2 on, 2 out); Offerman (5,9th inning off Trombley 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Steinbach (10,4th inning off Belcher 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Walker (4,off Montgomery).  CS–Meares (3,2nd base by Belcher/Fasano); Coomer (2,2nd base by Belcher/Fasano).  WP–Belcher (5).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:35.  A–9,545.
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