Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
April 17, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 2004 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 4, Minnesota Twins 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Guiel lf 4 0 0 0
  Harvey ph 1 0 0 0
  Thompson lf 0 0 0 0
Beltran cf 3 2 1 1
Sweeney 1b 4 1 3 3
Gonzalez rf 4 0 0 0
Stairs dh 5 0 1 0
Randa 3b 4 0 2 0
Santiago c 4 0 1 0
Graffanino 2b 4 1 3 0
Blanco ss 3 0 0 0
  Lopez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Appier p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 4 0 0 0
Punto 2b 3 1 0 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 3 1 1 1
Koskie 3b 2 1 0 0
Offerman dh 4 1 1 0
Jones rf 4 2 2 0
Ford cf 2 2 1 2
Blanco c 4 0 2 3
Guzman ss 4 0 0 0
Lohse p 0 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 8 7 6
Kansas City 103 000 0004111
Minnesota 034 010 00x870
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  L (0-1) 3.0 6 7 5 3 2
  Reyes   4.0 1 1 1 2 3
  Carrasco   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
8
6
5
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Lohse  W (1-2) 6.0 6 4 4 4 5
  Mulholland   1.1 4 0 0 0 1
  Romero  SV (1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
4
6

  E–Blanco (1).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Kansas City Sweeney (2,off Romero), Minnesota Blanco (4,off Appier).  HR–Kansas City Beltran (6,1st inning off Lohse 0 on, 1 out); Sweeney (4,3rd inning off Lohse 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Beltran (2,by Lohse).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Ford (1,off Reyes).  Team–4.  SB–Jones 2 (3,2nd base off Reyes/Santiago,3rd base off Reyes/Santiago).  WP–Appier 2 (2).  IBB–Lohse (2,Beltran).  U-HP–Tony Randazzo, 1B–Rob Drake, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:52.  A–25,420.
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