Game 66 - 4/5/1998 - Twins 5, Royals 2

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1998 Kansas City Royals At 1998 Minnesota Twins            4/5/1998
 
  Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Damon CF          4  0  0  0 .154     M.Lawton CF         3  2  1  0 .154  
  J.Offerman 2B       4  1  2  1 .409     A.Ochoa RF          4  0  2  3 .250  
  J.King 1B           3  0  0  0 .176     P.Molitor DH        3  0  1  1 .353  
  D.Palmer 3B         4  0  2  1 .273     M.Cordova LF        4  1  1  0 .235  
  J.Vitiello DH       3  0  0  0 .143     O.Merced 1B         4  0  0  0 .000  
  H.Morris LF         3  0  0  0 .300     R.Coomer 3B         4  0  2  1 .308  
  E.Young RF          4  0  0  0 .308     T.Walker 2B         4  0  2  0 .273  
  M.Macfarlane C      3  1  0  0 .273     T.Steinbach C       4  1  3  0 .273  
  S.Halter SS         3  0  0  0 .143     P.Meares SS         4  1  1  0 .105  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  2  4  2                 Totals      34  5 13  5
 
 
Royals.......... 0 0 0  1 1 0  0 0 0  -  2  4  1
Twins........... 1 3 0  0 0 0  0 1    -  5 13  1
 
Royals (3-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Belcher LOSS(0-2)       6 1/3  10   4   3   1   2   0 109   4.26
B.Bevil                   1       3   1   1   0   2   0  22   9.00
D.Rios                    0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.00
Totals                    8      13   5   4   1   4   0
 
Twins (2-3)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
E.Milton WIN(1-0)         7       3   2   1   3   4   0 112   1.29
E.Guardado HOLD(1st)      1       1   0   0   1   1   0  19   0.00
R.Aguilera SAVE(2nd)      1       0   0   0   0   0   0  10   5.40
Totals                    9       4   2   1   4   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,391 DATE- Sunday, April 5th 1998 TIME- Day 
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 8  Twins: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 2  Twins: 0
ERRORS- D.Palmer, M.Cordova
DOUBLES- J.Offerman(1st), A.Ochoa(1st), M.Cordova(1st), T.Walker(1st)
RBIs- J.Offerman(1st), D.Palmer(5th), A.Ochoa-3(3rd), P.Molitor(4th),
      R.Coomer(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- P.Molitor
WALKS- J.King, J.Vitiello, H.Morris, S.Halter, M.Lawton
HIT BY PITCH- J.Damon, M.Macfarlane
STRIKE OUTS- J.Offerman, J.Vitiello-2, E.Young, S.Halter, A.Ochoa, M.Cordova,
             O.Merced, P.Meares
GIDP- M.Lawton, T.Walker
2-out RBI- A.Ochoa-3
RLISP 2-out- P.Molitor-2, E.Young-2, D.Palmer, P.Meares-2
TEAM RISP- Royals: 2 for 7  Twins: 3 for 10
 
In a good matchup it was the Minnesota Twins 5, the Kansas City Royals 2 at
Metrodome.
 
Minnesota jumped out to the early lead in the first inning plating an isolated
run.  Rick Aguilera pitched a perfect ninth and was credited with his 2nd
save.  
 
The win went to Eric Milton(1-0) who allowed 2 runs in 7 innings. The losing
pitcher was Tim Belcher(0-2).  He gave up 4 runs and 10 hits in 6 and 1/3
innings.  
 

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