Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
August 3, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 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 3, Minnesota Twins 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch dh 4 0 1 0
Tucker lf 5 0 2 0
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
Ibanez 1b 3 0 0 0
Randa 3b 3 1 1 0
Guiel rf 4 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 1 1 0
Mayne c 4 1 2 3
Febles 2b 4 0 0 0
Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Mullen p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  May p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 4 1 1 0
Guzman ss 4 1 3 1
Koskie 3b 3 0 0 1
Ortiz dh 4 0 1 0
Hunter cf 3 0 1 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 4 0 1 0
Kielty rf 4 0 0 0
Pierzynski c 4 1 2 0
Rivas 2b 3 1 1 1
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Fiore p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Santana p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 3
Kansas City 000 030 000 0371
Minnesota 200 000 010 14100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd   8.0 8 3 2 0 4
  Mullen   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  May  L (2-8) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.1
10
4
3
1
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke   6.0 4 3 3 2 8
  Fiore   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Romero   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wells   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Santana  W (6-2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
7
3
3
3
10

  E–Guiel (4).  DP–Kansas City 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Kansas City Tucker (16,off Radke).  HR–Kansas City Mayne (2,5th inning off Radke 2 on, 1 out), Minnesota Rivas (2,10th inning off May 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Randa (8,by Radke).  SH–Rivas (4,off Byrd).  SF–Koskie (4,off Byrd).  SB–Guzman (8,2nd base off Byrd/Mayne).  CS–Mientkiewicz (2,2nd base by Byrd/Mayne); Guzman (12,2nd base by Byrd/Mayne).  HBP–Radke (3,Randa).  U-HP–Jim Wolf, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Matt Hollowell, 3B–Jim Reynolds.  T–2:56.  A–32,567.
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