Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
May 7, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 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 4, Minnesota Twins 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 4 0 1 0
Tucker rf 3 1 1 0
Sweeney 1b 2 0 0 1
Beltran cf 4 1 1 0
Randa 3b 4 0 0 0
Berger dh 4 1 1 0
Perez ss 4 1 1 0
Hinch c 2 0 1 2
Febles 2b 3 0 0 0
Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 3 0 1 0
Guzman ss 4 1 2 1
Mientkiewicz 1b 4 0 0 0
Koskie 3b 4 0 2 0
  Hocking pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Hunter cf 3 0 0 0
Kielty dh 3 0 0 0
Buchanan rf 3 0 0 0
Pierzynski c 4 0 0 0
Canizaro 2b 4 0 0 0
Kinney p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Kansas City 000 001 210460
Minnesota 000 000 010152
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd  W (5-2) 7.0 3 0 0 3 4
  Grimsley   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Hernandez  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Kinney  L (1-2) 6.0 2 1 1 4 4
  Wells   1.1 4 3 2 0 1
  Hawkins   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
3
4
5

  E–Guzman (5), Pierzynski (2).  2B–Kansas City Knoblauch (4,off Kinney); Beltran (8,off Wells).  3B–Kansas City Tucker (3,off Kinney).  HR–Minnesota Guzman (1,8th inning off Grimsley 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Febles (4,off Wells).  SF–Sweeney (1,off Kinney).  HBP–Buchanan (2,by Byrd).  SB–Beltran (8,3rd base off Hawkins/Pierzynski).  WP–Grimsley (3), Kinney (2).  HBP–Byrd (2,Buchanan).  U-HP–Mike VanVleet, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:37.  A–12,229.
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