Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
April 17, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 2002 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 16, Minnesota Twins 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 4 1 1 0
  Febles 2b 2 1 1 1
Perez ss 5 2 2 1
  Berger ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Beltran cf 3 2 1 4
Sweeney 1b 4 1 2 1
  McCarty pr,1b 1 1 0 0
Tucker rf 4 2 1 1
Randa 3b 3 0 2 3
  Sadler pr,3b,lf,ss 1 2 1 0
Ibanez dh 5 1 2 3
Mayne c 4 2 1 1
Alicea 2b,3b 4 1 2 1
Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Asencio p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 16 16 16
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 4 0 1 0
Guzman ss 3 0 1 0
  Canizaro ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 3 1 1 0
  LeCroy 1b 1 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 4 1 1 2
Hunter cf 4 0 1 0
Koskie 3b 4 0 1 0
Kielty rf 4 1 1 1
Pierzynski c 3 0 0 0
Hocking 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Cressend p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Kansas City 300 001 39016160
Minnesota 000 012 000371
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd  W (3-0) 6.0 5 3 3 0 4
  Affeldt   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bailey   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Asencio   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
0
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke  L (2-1) 5.2 7 4 4 2 2
  Hawkins   1.1 1 3 0 1 1
  Wells   0.1 5 5 5 0 1
  Cressend   1.2 3 4 4 4 1
Totals
9.0
16
16
13
7
5

  E–Mientkiewicz (2).  2B–Kansas City Randa (6,off Radke); Sweeney (4,off Radke); Perez (2,off Cressend); Ibanez (4,off Cressend), Minnesota Guzman (2,off Byrd); Mientkiewicz (7,off Byrd).  HR–Kansas City Beltran (1,7th inning off Hawkins 2 on, 2 out), Minnesota Kielty (2,5th inning off Byrd 0 on, 1 out); Ortiz (4,6th inning off Byrd 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Beltran (2,off Cressend).  CS–Sweeney (3,3rd base by Radke/Pierzynski).  U-HP–Tim Timmons, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Paul Emmel.  T–3:25.  A–13,693.
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