Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
August 6, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 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 8, Minnesota Twins 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon rf,lf 5 0 0 0
Allensworth cf 4 0 0 0
Offerman 2b 5 1 2 1
Palmer dh 3 2 2 0
King 1b 5 2 3 3
Leius 3b,ss,3b 5 2 2 0
Morris lf 4 1 1 0
  Sutton rf 0 0 0 0
Sweeney c 3 0 1 3
Rivera ss 2 0 0 0
  Pendleton ph,3b 1 0 0 1
  Lopez ss 0 0 0 0
Rosado p 0 0 0 0
  Bones p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant p 0 0 0 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 8
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Meares ss 5 1 1 0
Gates 3b 5 1 1 0
Molitor dh 5 2 2 1
Coomer 1b 3 2 3 1
  Ortiz ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Cordova lf 2 1 2 3
Walker 2b 5 0 1 0
  Latham cf 0 0 0 0
Ochoa cf 2 0 2 1
  Lawton ph,cf,rf 1 0 0 0
Valentin c 5 0 0 0
Hocking rf,2b 3 0 0 0
  Steinbach ph 1 0 0 0
Serafini p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 6
Kansas City 041 000 0128112
Minnesota 013 010 0207120
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rosado   4.1 7 5 4 3 3
  Bones   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Whisenant   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Service  W (4-2) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Montgomery  SV (26) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
7
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Serafini   2.0 6 5 5 1 0
  Carrasco   4.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Trombley   1.0 3 1 1 2 1
  Guardado   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera  L (3-7) 1.1 1 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
4
3

  E–Damon (3), Offerman (14).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Palmer (19,off Serafini); King 2 (15,off Serafini,off Carrasco); Sweeney (10,off Serafini), Minnesota Coomer 2 (16,off Rosado,off Bones).  3B–Minnesota Molitor (3,off Rosado).  HR–Kansas City Offerman (6,3rd inning off Serafini 0 on, 0 out); King (21,9th inning off Aguilera 1 on, 1 out), Minnesota Cordova (9,3rd inning off Rosado 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Pendleton (2,off Guardado); Coomer (4,off Rosado).  HBP–Allensworth (3,by Trombley).  IBB–Lawton (4,by Bones).  SB–Molitor (4,2nd base off Service/Sweeney).  WP–Whisenant (5).  HBP–Trombley (5,Allensworth).  IBB–Bones (1,Lawton).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Mike Everitt, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:40.  A–14,332.
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