Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
May 9, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1999 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 7, Minnesota Twins 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Beltran cf 5 1 1 0
Febles 2b 3 2 2 0
Damon lf 5 1 2 4
King 1b 5 0 0 0
Sweeney dh 5 0 0 0
Leius 3b 4 1 0 0
Pose rf 3 1 1 0
Spehr c 1 1 0 0
Sanchez ss 4 0 3 3
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Allen lf 4 1 3 0
Guzman ss 3 0 0 0
  Hocking ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Walker 2b 4 0 1 0
Coomer 3b 4 0 1 1
Lawton rf 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 1 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 3 1 1 0
Cordova dh 4 0 1 0
Hunter cf 2 0 1 1
Lincoln p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
Kansas City 300 101 110790
Minnesota 110 000 000290
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  W (2-3) 7.0 7 2 2 0 4
  Mathews   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Lincoln  L (1-5) 5.1 5 5 5 4 0
  Wells   1.2 2 1 1 1 3
  Guardado   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Trombley   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Aguilera   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Febles (6,off Lincoln); Sanchez (5,off Wells); Damon (6,off Wells); Pose (2,off Guardado), Minnesota Allen 2 (5,off Suppan,off Mathews); Walker (6,off Suppan).  3B–Kansas City Sanchez (3,off Lincoln).  HR–Kansas City Damon (4,1st inning off Lincoln 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Pose (1,off Lincoln).  HBP–Spehr (2,by Guardado).  SF–Hunter (2,off Suppan).  HBP–Guardado (1,Spehr).  U-HP–Ed Hickox, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:52.  A–11,581.
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