Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
April 18, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 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 3, Minnesota Twins 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Guiel lf 4 0 0 0
Beltran cf 3 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez dh 3 0 0 0
Stairs rf 4 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 2 2 1
Stinnett c 4 1 1 0
Graffanino 2b 4 0 3 1
Blanco ss 3 0 1 0
May p 0 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 5 1 2 0
Rivas 2b 5 2 2 2
Mientkiewicz 1b 5 2 3 0
Offerman dh 1 1 0 0
  Ryan ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Cuddyer 3b 3 0 1 1
  Koskie ph,3b 1 1 0 0
Jones rf 4 1 3 4
Ford cf 3 0 1 1
Bowen c 4 0 0 0
Guzman ss 4 0 0 0
Greisinger p 0 0 0 0
  Roa p 0 0 0 0
  Fultz p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 12 8
Kansas City 010 200 000371
Minnesota 011 024 00x8122
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
May  L (0-3) 5.1 9 6 4 3 8
  Camp   1.2 3 2 2 1 1
  Leskanic   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
6
4
10
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Greisinger   4.0 6 3 2 1 4
  Roa  W (2-1) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Fultz   1.2 0 0 0 0 3
  Rincon   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
1
11

  E–Randa (2), Cuddyer (1), Greisinger (1).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Kansas City Randa (4,off Greisinger), Minnesota Jones 2 (4,off May 2); Mientkiewicz (6,off May); Cuddyer (2,off May); Stewart (3,off May).  3B–Minnesota Jones (1,off Camp).  HR–Kansas City Randa (1,4th inning off Greisinger 0 on, 2 out), Minnesota Rivas (2,6th inning off May 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Gonzalez (1,by Roa).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Ford (1,by May).  Team–8.  SB–Beltran (3,2nd base off Greisinger/Bowen); Blanco (1,2nd base off Greisinger/Bowen); Rivas (2,2nd base off May/Stinnett); Jones (4,3rd base off May/Stinnett).  HBP–Roa (1,Gonzalez).  IBB–May (1,Ford).  U-HP–Rob Drake, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Tony Randazzo.  T–2:59.  A–21,079.
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