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Twins 11 @ Royals 8
Royals Stadium
June 20, 1985

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins, played on June 20, 1985 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Twins with a score of 11 to 8.

Game Summary

DateJune 20, 1985 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 11 H: 17 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 11
Hits: 17
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 8 H: 16 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 8
Hits: 16
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherFrank Eufemia  
Losing PitcherJoe Beckwith  
SaveLen Whitehouse  
Game Winning RBIKirby Puckett 

Game Info

DateJune 20, 1985 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohn Butcher  
Home Starting PitcherCharlie Leibrandt  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance31,461 
Time of Game3 hours 32 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jerry Neudecker
1B: Larry McCoy
2B: Steve Palermo
3B: Dave Phillips

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Kirby Puckett  Center Fielder 
Ron Washington  Third Baseman 
Mickey Hatcher  Left Fielder 
Tom Brunansky  Right Fielder 
Kent Hrbek  First Baseman 
Roy Smalley  DH 
Tim Teufel  Second Baseman 
Greg Gagne  Shortstop 
Tim Laudner  Catcher 
Billy Gardner  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Wilson  Center Fielder 
Lonnie Smith  Left Fielder 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Jorge Orta  DH 
Frank White  Second Baseman 
Darryl Motley  Right Fielder 
Steve Balboni  First Baseman 
Jim Sundberg  Catcher 
Buddy Biancalana  Shortstop 
Dick Howser  Manager 

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Twins 11 @ Royals 8
Royals Stadium
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         Game of 6/20/1985 -- Minnesota at Kansas City (N)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Puckett K, cf         6  0  4  4   Wilson W, cf          4  4  4  1   
Washington R, 3b-ss   5  2  2  0   Smith L, lf           3  2  2  2   
Hatcher M, lf         5  1  1  0   Jones L, lf           0  0  0  0   
Brunansky T, rf       4  1  2  2   Leeper D, ph-lf       1  0  0  0   
Hrbek K, 1b           4  1  0  0   Brett G, 3b           5  0  3  5   
Smalley R, dh         4  2  1  0   Orta J, dh            3  0  2  0   
Teufel T, 2b          5  1  2  1   McRae H, ph           0  0  0  0   
Gagne G, ss           3  0  2  1   Wathan J, pr          0  0  0  0   
Bush R, ph            1  0  0  0   White F, 2b           5  0  1  0   
Gaetti G, 3b          1  1  1  0   Motley D, rf          5  0  0  0   
Laudner T, c          3  1  1  1   Balboni S, 1b         5  1  2  0   
Salas M, ph-c         2  1  1  1   Sundberg J, c         5  0  1  0   
                                   Biancalana B, ss      3  1  1  0   
                                   Iorg D, ph            1  0  0  0   
                                   Concepcion O, ss      0  0  0  0   
                                   Pryor G, ph           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     43 11 17 10                        41  8 16  8

Minnesota        102 200 402 -- 11
Kansas City      101 402 000 --  8

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Butcher J             3.2  9  6  6  1  3
Lysander R            1.2  3  2  2  0  1
Wardle C*             0.0  1  0  0  1  0
Eufemia F (W)+        1.2  2  0  0  0  2
Whitehouse L (S)      2.0  1  0  0  1  1

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Leibrandt C           3.2  8  5  4  0  2
LaCoss M#             2.1  3  3  3  5  0
Beckwith J (L)        3.0  6  3  3  0  5
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 6th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
  # Pitched to 3 batters in 7th

E -- Smith L, Jones L
DP -- Minnesota 1
LOB -- Minnesota 10, Kansas City 10
2B -- Orta J, Hatcher M, Smalley R, Balboni S, Wilson W, Gaetti G
3B -- Wilson W, Smith L, Puckett K
HR -- Laudner T
SB -- Wilson W 2, Puckett K
CS -- Gagne G
SF -- Smith L
T -- 3:32
A -- 31461

    

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