Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
May 15, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 2003 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 9, Minnesota Twins 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Tucker rf 7 1 1 0
Randa 3b 7 1 1 0
Beltran cf 4 2 1 2
Sweeney dh 6 0 1 0
  Febles pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Ibanez lf 7 2 2 1
Harvey 1b 5 0 2 1
  Lopez 1b 0 0 0 0
Relaford 2b 7 1 2 1
Berroa ss 7 0 2 1
DiFelice c 5 1 2 1
Asencio p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  May p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 55 9 14 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Guzman ss 7 1 4 0
Mientkiewicz rf,1b 2 1 0 2
Koskie 3b 5 0 2 1
Sears 1b 3 0 1 1
  Hocking pr,rf 2 0 0 0
Hunter cf 6 1 1 0
Kielty dh 6 0 0 0
Mohr lf 6 0 0 0
Pierzynski c 6 0 2 1
Rivas 2b 5 2 2 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Gomez 2b 0 0 0 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Santana p 0 0 0 0
  Fiore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 5 12 5
Kansas City 200 100 200 000 049141
Minnesota 001 011 110 000 005122
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Asencio   5.1 5 3 3 3 5
  Grimsley   1.2 3 1 1 1 0
  Lowe   0.2 2 1 1 0 2
  May   3.2 2 0 0 3 6
  Carrasco  W (3-1) 2.2 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
14.0
12
5
5
9
15
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   6.1 7 5 4 1 6
  Romero   0.2 0 0 0 3 1
  Rincon   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Guardado   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Santana  L (2-1) 3.0 5 4 4 1 3
  Fiore   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
14.0
14
9
8
6
12

  E–Tucker (1), Hunter (3), Mohr (2).  DP–Kansas City 3.  2B–Kansas City Tucker (7,off Rogers); Harvey (6,off Rogers); Difelice (3,off Santana); Randa (10,off Santana).  3B–Kansas City Difelice (1,off Rogers), Minnesota Pierzynski (1,off Grimsley); Guzman (7,off Grimsley).  HR–Kansas City Beltran (5,1st inning off Rogers 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Harvey (1,off Fiore); Mientkiewicz (1,off Asencio).  HBP–Difelice 2 (2,by Hawkins,by Fiore); Harvey (3,by Santana); Hunter (2,by Grimsley).  IBB–Sweeney (3,by Romero).  SB–Relaford (6,2nd base off Rogers/Pierzynski).  WP–Grimsley (1), Rogers (1).  BK–Romero (2).  HBP–Grimsley (2,Hunter); Hawkins (1,Difelice); Santana (2,Harvey); Fiore (2,Difelice).  IBB–Romero (2,Sweeney).  U-HP–Bill Welke, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Kerwin Danley, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–4:54.  A–17,219.
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