BBA--EXP-BOX-KC-Min

Royals 16, Twins 3

a-grounded out for Guzman in the 8th. 1-ran for Randa in the 6th. 2-ran for Sweeney in the 8th.

E--Mientkiewicz (2).

*--* Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg Totals 41 16 16 16 7 5 Knoblauch lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 204 Febles 2b 2 1 1 1 0 0 250 NPerez ss 5 2 2 1 0 0 216 Berger lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 182 Beltran cf 3 2 1 4 2 1 262 MiSweeney 1b 4 1 2 1 1 0 375 2-McCarty 1b 1 1 0 0 0 1 167 Tucker rf 4 2 1 1 1 2 182 Randa 3b 3 0 2 3 0 0 316 1-Sadler 3b-lf-ss 1 2 1 0 1 0 286 Ibanez dh 5 1 2 3 0 0 323 Mayne c 4 2 1 1 1 0 200 Alicea 2b-3b 4 1 2 1 1 1 300

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*--* Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg Totals 34 3 7 3 0 6 JJones lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 361 CGuzman ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 262 a-Canizaro 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 188 Mientkiewicz 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 300 LeCroy 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 333 DOrtiz dh 4 1 1 2 0 1 212 THunter cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 373 Koskie 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 269 Kielty rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 231 Pierzynski c 3 0 0 0 0 0 283 Hocking 2b-ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 115

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*--* Kansas City 300 001 390 -- 16 16 0 Minnesota 000 012 000 -- 3 7 1

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LOB--Kansas City 6, Minnesota 4. 2B--NPerez (2), MiSweeney (4), Randa (6), Ibanez (4), CGuzman (2), Mientkiewicz (7). HR--Beltran (1) off Hawkins; DOrtiz (4) off Byrd; Kielty (2) off Byrd. RBIs--Febles (1), NPerez (6), Beltran 4 (8), MiSweeney (8), Tucker (7), Randa 3 (11), Ibanez 3 (9), Mayne (4), Alicea (2), DOrtiz 2 (12), Kielty (5). CS--MiSweeney (3). SF--Beltran.

Runners left in scoring position--Kansas City 3 (McCarty, Ibanez, Mayne); Minnesota 2 (DOrtiz, Kielty).

*--* Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Byrd W, 3-0...6 5 3 3 0 4 97 3.26 Affeldt...1 0 0 0 0 1 8 3.52 Bailey...1 0 0 0 0 1 13 11.81 Ascencio...1 2 0 0 0 0 26 36.00

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*--* Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Radke L, 2-1...52/3 7 4 4 2 2 104 5.56 Hawkins...11/3 1 3 0 1 1 31 0.73 Wells...1/3 5 5 5 0 1 19 8.31 Cressend...12/3 3 4 4 4 1 49 8.10

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Inherited runners-scored--Hawkins 1-0, Cressend 2-2.

U--Home, TimTimmons, Steve Rippley, Gary Darling, Paul Emmel. T--3:25. Tickets sold--13,693 (48,678).