Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
April 18, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 2002 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. 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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Kansas City Royals 1, Minnesota Twins 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Sadler rf 4 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 0 1 0
Beltran cf 3 0 0 0
Sweeney dh 3 0 0 0
Berger lf 3 0 2 0
Alicea 3b 3 0 0 0
McCarty 1b 3 1 1 1
Hinch c 3 0 0 0
Febles 2b 3 0 0 0
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 3 1 1 0
Guzman ss 4 0 0 0
Koskie 3b 4 2 2 1
Ortiz 1b 3 0 2 2
  Mientkiewicz pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Hunter cf 4 1 1 1
Kielty dh 4 0 0 0
Mohr rf 3 0 0 0
Pierzynski c 3 0 2 0
Canizaro 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hocking 2b 0 0 0 0
Milton p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Kansas City 000 000 010142
Minnesota 000 200 02x480
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  L (1-2) 7.1 7 4 4 1 4
  Shouse   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
1
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Milton  W (3-1) 7.2 4 1 1 0 4
  Romero   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Guardado  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
7

  E–Alicea (1), Suppan (1).  DP–Kansas City 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Kansas City Berger (1,off Milton), Minnesota Pierzynski (5,off Suppan).  3B–Minnesota Koskie (1,off Suppan).  HR–Kansas City McCarty (1,8th inning off Milton 0 on, 2 out), Minnesota Hunter (5,4th inning off Suppan 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Ortiz (2,off Suppan).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Paul Emmel, 3B–Tim Timmons.  T–2:24.  A–13,313.
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