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Royals
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
April 6, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals, played on April 6, 1997 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | April 6, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 6, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Glendon Rusch |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Brad Radke |
| Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
| City | Minneapolis |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 14,325 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim McKean 1B: Ted Hendry 2B: John Hirschbeck 3B: Brian O'Nora |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tom Goodwin | Center Fielder |
| Jay Bell | Shortstop |
| Bip Roberts | Left Fielder |
| Jeff King | First Baseman |
| Craig Paquette | Third Baseman |
| Scott Cooper | DH |
| Mike Sweeney | Catcher |
| Johnny Damon | Right Fielder |
| David Howard | Second Baseman |
| Bob Boone | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Knoblauch | Second Baseman |
| Rich Becker | Center Fielder |
| Paul Molitor | First Baseman |
| Marty Cordova | Left Fielder |
| Terry Steinbach | Catcher |
| Greg Colbrunn | DH |
| Matt Lawton | Right Fielder |
| Ron Coomer | Third Baseman |
| Pat Meares | Shortstop |
| Tom Kelly | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
April 6, 1997
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Radke
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Radke
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards second. Knoblauch scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Radke
Roberts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
King vs. Radke
King strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Rusch
Knoblauch strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Rusch
Becker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette juggles the ball. That's an error on Paquette. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Molitor vs. Rusch
Molitor hits a line drive towards short. Bell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Cordova vs. Rusch
There goes Becker. The throw from Sweeney and he is safe. Becker steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Cordova vs. Rusch
Cordova hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Cordova reaches second base with a double. Becker scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Steinbach vs. Rusch
Steinbach takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Colbrunn vs. Rusch
Colbrunn hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Colbrunn reaches second base with a double. Cordova scores. Steinbach moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Lawton vs. Rusch
Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Radke
Paquette hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cordova who is chasing the ball. Paquette reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cooper vs. Radke
Cooper hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Paquette tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Radke
Sweeney hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Radke
Damon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Rusch
Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Meares vs. Rusch
Meares hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Rusch
Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rusch fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Radke
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first, with Radke covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Radke
Goodwin strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Radke
Bell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Rusch
Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Rusch
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Rusch
Cordova hits a fly ball into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Radke
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Radke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
King vs. Radke
King hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Paquette vs. Radke
Paquette strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Radke
There goes King. The throw from Steinbach and he is safe. King steals second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Cooper vs. Radke
Cooper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sweeney vs. Radke
Sweeney hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Radke
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Coomer. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Radke
There goes Damon. The throw from Steinbach and he is out, Meares applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Rusch
Steinbach hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Colbrunn vs. Rusch
Colbrunn strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Rusch
Lawton hits a line drive into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Radke
Howard hits a fly ball into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Goodwin vs. Radke
Goodwin bunts in front of the plate. Steinbach fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Radke
Bell hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Howard scores. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Radke
Roberts hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lawton. Roberts reaches second base with a double. Bell goes all the way around to score. Roberts moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
King vs. Ritchie
Todd Ritchie now pitching.
King strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Paquette vs. Ritchie
Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares misplays the ball. That's an error on Meares. Roberts scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Ritchie
Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Rusch
Coomer hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Rusch
Meares strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Rusch
Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Ritchie
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Ritchie
Damon strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Ritchie
Howard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Rusch
Becker hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Rusch
Molitor hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Rusch
Cordova hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Ritchie
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Ritchie
Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Ritchie
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ritchie fields it and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
King vs. Ritchie
King hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Rusch
Steinbach hits a line drive towards third. Paquette reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Colbrunn vs. Rusch
Colbrunn hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Rusch
Lawton hits a line drive into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Olson
Gregg Olson now pitching. Greg Myers now catching.
Paquette hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Lawton. Paquette reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Cooper vs. Olson
Cooper hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lawton. Cooper reaches second base with a double. Paquette scores. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Sweeney vs. Olson
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cooper scores. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Damon vs. Olson
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Olson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Olson
Howard strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Goodwin vs. Olson
Goodwin strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 9 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Rusch
Coomer strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Rusch
Meares hits a fly ball into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Rusch
Knoblauch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Becker vs. Rusch
Becker hits a line drive towards first. King reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 9 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Swindell
Greg Swindell now pitching. Denny Hocking now playing third base. Brent Brede now playing left field. Ron Coomer now playing first base.
Bell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Dye vs. Swindell
Jermaine Dye pinch hits for Bip Roberts.
Dye hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
King vs. Swindell
King hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brede. King reaches second base with a double. Bell scores. Dye moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Paquette vs. Swindell
Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dye scores. King moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Vitiello vs. Swindell
Joe Vitiello pinch hits for Scott Cooper.
Vitiello hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. King scores. View Play -
Royals, 12 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Halter vs. Swindell
Shane Halter pinch hits for Mike Sweeney.
Halter strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 12 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Damon vs. Swindell
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coomer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Damon for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 12 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hocking vs. Montgomery
Jermaine Dye now playing right field. Tim Spehr now catching. Shane Halter now playing third base. Johnny Damon now playing left field. Jeff Mont
Hocking hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 12 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brede vs. Montgomery
Brede hits a fly ball into left field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 12 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Myers vs. Montgomery
Myers hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 12 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Montgomery
Todd Walker pinch hits for Greg Colbrunn.
Walker strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/6/1997 -- Kansas City at Minnesota (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Goodwin T, cf 5 0 1 0 Knoblauch C, 2b 4 0 1 0
Bell J, ss 4 2 2 1 Becker R, cf 4 1 0 0
Roberts B, lf 4 1 2 1 Molitor P, 1b 3 0 0 0
Dye J, ph-rf 1 1 1 0 Hocking D, 3b 1 0 1 0
King J, 1b 5 2 2 1 Cordova M, lf 3 1 1 1
Paquette C, 3b 5 2 2 1 Brede B, lf 1 0 0 0
Spehr T, c 0 0 0 0 Steinbach T, c 2 0 0 0
Cooper S, dh 2 2 1 2 Myers G, c 1 0 0 0
Vitiello J, ph 1 0 1 1 Colbrunn G, dh 3 0 1 1
Sweeney M, c 4 1 2 4 Walker T, ph 1 0 0 0
Halter S, ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Lawton M, rf 3 0 0 0
Damon J, rf-lf 5 0 0 0 Coomer R, 3b-1b 3 0 1 0
Howard D, 2b 4 1 1 0 Meares P, ss 3 0 0 0
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41 12 15 11 32 2 5 2
Kansas City 010 330 023 -- 12
Minnesota 200 000 000 -- 2
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Rusch G (W) 8.0 4 2 0 1 4
Montgomery J 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Radke B (L) 4.1 8 7 6 1 5
Ritchie T 2.2 1 0 0 0 2
Olson G 1.0 3 2 2 0 2
Swindell G 1.0 3 3 3 1 1
E -- Paquette C, Coomer R, Meares P
DP -- Kansas City 1, Minnesota 1
LOB -- Kansas City 5, Minnesota 4
2B -- Cordova M, Colbrunn G, Howard D, Roberts B, Paquette C, Cooper S, King J
3B -- Paquette C
HR -- Sweeney M
SB -- Becker R, King J
CS -- Damon J
SF -- Cooper S
T -- 2:40
A -- 14325
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