Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
August 25, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium. 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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Minnesota Twins 2, Kansas City Royals 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 4 0 1 0
Guzman ss 4 0 1 0
Koskie 3b 3 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 4 0 1 0
Kielty cf 3 1 2 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 4 0 0 0
Mohr rf 4 1 1 2
Prince c 2 0 0 0
  Pierzynski ph 1 0 0 0
Rivas 2b 3 0 0 0
Lohse p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Fiore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 5 1 1 1
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
Sweeney dh 4 0 1 0
Ibanez 1b 2 1 2 1
Randa 3b 4 0 1 0
Tucker rf 4 2 2 1
Mayne c 4 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 0 3 1
Ordaz 2b 2 0 1 0
Asencio p 0 0 0 0
  Mullen p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 11 4
Minnesota 000 000 200260
Kansas City 111 001 00x4110
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Lohse  L (11-8) 5.0 5 3 3 4 3
  Rincon   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Fiore   2.0 4 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
4
4
4
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Asencio  W (3-4) 7.0 5 2 2 2 4
  Mullen   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez  SV (24) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Tucker (21,off Rincon); Perez (19,off Rincon).  HR–Minnesota Mohr (10,7th inning off Asencio 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City Knoblauch (4,1st inning off Lohse 0 on, 0 out); Tucker (12,2nd inning off Lohse 0 on, 0 out); Ibanez (22,3rd inning off Lohse 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Ordaz (3,off Fiore).  SB–Perez (8,3rd base off Lohse/Prince).  CS–Beltran (5,2nd base by Lohse/Prince).  U-HP–Scott Packard, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Mark Carlson, 3B–Justin Klemm.  T–2:35.  A–13,440.
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