Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
April 20, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 2005 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 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 3 1 1 0
Graffanino 2b 3 1 1 1
  Gotay ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Sweeney dh 4 1 1 3
Marrero 1b 4 0 1 0
Berroa ss 4 0 0 0
Brown rf 3 0 0 0
  Stairs ph 1 0 0 0
Long lf 3 0 0 0
Castillo c 3 0 0 0
McEwing 3b 3 1 2 0
Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Cerda p 0 0 0 0
  Field p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 5 0 1 1
Castro ss 5 0 1 0
Mauer c 3 1 1 1
LeCroy 1b 3 0 1 0
  Punto 2b 0 0 0 0
Hunter cf 4 2 3 0
Jones rf 2 1 1 2
Ford dh 3 1 1 0
Tiffee 3b,1b 2 0 0 1
Rivas 2b 2 0 0 0
  Cuddyer ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Santana p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Nathan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 9 5
Kansas City 004 000 000461
Minnesota 120 001 01x590
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Lima   5.1 7 4 4 3 2
  Camp   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Cerda  L (1-2) 0.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Field   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
6
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Santana   7.0 5 4 4 0 10
  Rincon  W (2-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Nathan  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
0
13

  E–McEwing (2).  DP–Kansas City 2. Berroa-Graffanino-Marrero, Graffanino-Marrero.  2B–Minnesota Castro (1,off Lima); Hunter (4,off Lima).  HR–Kansas City Sweeney (2,3rd inning off Santana 2 on 2 out), Minnesota Mauer (2,1st inning off Lima 0 on 2 out); Jones (3,2nd inning off Lima 1 on 0 out).  SH–DeJesus (1,off Rincon).  Team LOB–2.  SF–Tiffee (1,off Camp).  HBP–Rivas (1,by Lima); LeCroy (1,by Camp).  IBB–Jones (2,by Lima); Tiffee (1,by Cerda); Cuddyer (1,by Field).  Team–9.  SB–Marrero (1,2nd base off Santana/Mauer).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Bill Miller, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:37.  A–24,153.
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