Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
April 9, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 2000 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 13, Kansas City Royals 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Walker 2b 4 1 0 0
  Maxwell 2b 0 0 0 0
Guzman ss 4 1 1 0
Lawton rf 5 2 3 4
  Hocking rf 0 0 0 0
Huskey dh 4 2 2 2
  Cummings ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Koskie 3b 5 2 2 1
Coomer 1b 5 2 2 4
Jones lf 5 1 1 1
LeCroy c 4 1 2 1
Hunter cf 4 1 2 0
Milton p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 13 16 13
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon lf 3 1 0 0
Febles 2b 5 1 1 2
Beltran cf 5 1 2 3
Dye rf 4 1 2 1
Sweeney dh 4 1 1 1
Randa 3b 4 0 0 0
McCarty 1b 4 0 1 0
Johnson c 4 1 1 0
Sanchez ss 3 0 1 0
  Ordaz pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Witasick p 0 0 0 0
  Rigby p 0 0 0 0
  Spradlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 9 7
Minnesota 203 014 30013161
Kansas City 000 000 070791
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Milton  W (1-0) 7.2 4 2 2 0 3
  Guardado   0.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Carrasco   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
2
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Witasick  L (0-2) 4.2 6 6 5 1 3
  Rigby   1.1 8 7 7 0 2
  Spradlin   3.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
16
13
12
2
5

  E–Koskie (2), McCarty (1).  DP–Kansas City 2.  PB–LeCroy (1).  2B–Minnesota Lawton (1,off Witasick); Hunter 2 (3,off Witasick,off Rigby); Huskey (2,off Rigby); Cummings (2,off Spradlin), Kansas City Beltran (3,off Milton).  HR–Minnesota Huskey (1,1st inning off Witasick 1 on, 2 out); Lawton (2,3rd inning off Witasick 2 on, 1 out); Coomer 2 (2,6th inning off Rigby 1 on, 0 out,7th inning off Rigby 1 on, 0 out); Jones (2,6th inning off Rigby 0 on, 0 out); LeCroy (1,6th inning off Rigby 0 on, Kansas City Beltran (1,8th inning off Guardado 2 on, 2 out); Dye (3,8th inning off Guardado 0 on, 2 out); Sweeney (4,8th inning off Carrasco 0 on, 2 out).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:57.  A–20,480.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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