Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
May 15, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 2002 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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Minnesota Twins 8, Kansas City Royals 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 5 2 2 4
Guzman ss 5 0 1 0
Hunter cf 4 2 0 0
Ortiz 1b 5 0 1 0
Kielty rf 3 0 2 2
Buchanan dh 4 1 0 0
Pierzynski c 4 2 2 0
Blake 3b 4 1 1 0
Hocking 2b 4 0 1 1
Milton p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 10 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 5 1 1 0
Perez ss 5 1 1 2
Sweeney 1b 5 1 4 1
  Tucker pr 0 0 0 0
Beltran cf 5 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 1 1 0
Quinn dh 3 1 0 0
Berger rf 3 0 1 0
  Ibanez ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hinch c 4 1 1 0
Febles 2b 4 0 2 2
Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Reichert p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 5
Minnesota 201 004 0108101
Kansas City 001 210 2006112
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Milton  W (5-3) 6.1 8 6 5 0 0
  Trombley   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Guardado  SV (14) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
0
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Stein   4.0 6 3 3 1 4
  Reichert  L (1-4) 1.2 1 3 0 1 0
  Shouse   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Bailey   2.0 2 1 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
8
4
2
4

  E–Guzman (7), Febles 2 (5).  2B–Kansas City Sweeney 2 (12,off Milton,off Trombley).  HR–Minnesota Jones 2 (7,1st inning off Stein 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Shouse 2 on, 2 out), Kansas City Sweeney (5,5th inning off Milton 0 on, 1 out); Perez (1,7th inning off Milton 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Quinn (1,by Milton).  SB–Hunter (7,2nd base off Stein/Hinch); Febles (4,2nd base off Milton/Pierzynski); Knoblauch (10,3rd base off Guardado/Pierzynski); Tucker (7,2nd base off Guardado/Pierzynski).  WP–Milton (1).  HBP–Milton (2,Quinn).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Brian Runge.  T–2:51.  A–12,620.
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