Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
August 22, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 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 1
Guzman ss 5 2 3 3
Koskie 3b 4 0 0 0
  Hocking 3b 1 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 4 0 1 0
Hunter cf 4 1 1 1
Mientkiewicz 1b 3 0 1 1
Mohr rf 4 0 0 0
Pierzynski c 4 1 2 0
Rivas 2b 4 2 2 2
Santana p 0 0 0 0
  Fiore p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 4 1 1 0
Beltran cf 5 2 1 2
Sweeney 1b 3 2 2 0
Randa 3b 5 0 1 1
Ibanez rf 5 0 3 3
Pellow dh 4 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 0 0 0
Ordaz 2b 4 1 1 0
Hinch c 4 0 2 0
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  May p 0 0 0 0
  Stein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
Minnesota 300 010 2208121
Kansas City 102 000 0036110
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Santana  W (7-5) 6.0 6 3 3 2 5
  Fiore   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Romero   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wells   0.2 3 3 3 1 0
  Guardado  SV (35) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  L (3-2) 5.0 7 4 4 2 4
  May   3.0 5 4 4 1 2
  Stein   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
3
7

  E–Koskie (10).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Minnesota Guzman (23,off Runelvys Hernandez); Mientkiewicz (23,off Runelvys Hernandez); Ortiz (26,off Runelvys Hernandez); Rivas (16,off Runelvys Hernandez); Pierzynski (24,off May), Kansas City Hinch (5,off Fiore).  HR–Minnesota Jones (23,1st inning off Runelvys Hernandez 0 on, 0 out); Guzman (8,7th inning off May 1 on, 0 out); Rivas (4,8th inning off May 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City Beltran (21,3rd inning off Santana 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Sweeney (4,by Fiore).  SB–Hunter (22,2nd base off Runelvys Hernandez/Hinch).  WP–Santana (13).  HBP–Fiore (5,Sweeney).  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–Scott Packard, 2B–Mark Carlson, 3B–Justin Klemm.  T–3:14.  A–11,785.
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