Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins
4-7, 0-5 Away
4
4-7, 0-5 Away
Final
7-4, 4-1 Home
8
7-4, 4-1 Home
Royals Hitting
a-grounded to shortstop for A Guiel in the 8th
b-flied out to right for A Blanco in the 8th
- Batting
- 2BM Sweeney (2, J Romero)
- HRC Beltran (6, 1st inning off K Lohse 0 on, 1 Out); M Sweeney (4, 3rd inning off K Lohse 2 on, 2 Out)
- RBIC Beltran (12), M Sweeney 3 (12)
- 2Out RBIM Sweeney 3
- Team LOB10
- Fielding
- EA Blanco (1, throw)
Twins Hitting
- Batting
- 2BH Blanco (4, K Appier)
- RBIL Ford 2 (7), H Blanco 3 (10), D Mientkiewicz (3)
- 2Out RBIH Blanco
- SFL Ford
- Team LOB4
- Baserunning
- SBJ Jones 2 (3, 2nd base off D Reyes/B Santiago, 3rd base off D Reyes/B Santiago)
- Fielding
- DP1 (N Punto-C Guzman-D Mientkiewicz)
Royals Pitching
| pitchers |
|---|
K. Appier(L,0-1) |
| team |
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 71-38 | 15.00 |
| 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 56-31 | 2.00 |
| 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-5 | 6.75 |
| 8.0 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 134-74 |
- Pitching
- WPK Appier 2
- IBBC Beltran (By K Lohse)
- Ground Balls-Fly BallsK Appier 4-2; D Reyes 4-5; D Carrasco 2-1
- Game ScoresK Appier 22
Twins Pitching
| pitchers |
|---|
K. Lohse(W,9-13) |
J.C. Romero(S,1) |
| team |
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 102-55 | 7.88 |
| 1.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28-18 | 0.00 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26-14 | 0.00 |
| 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 156-87 |
- Pitching
- Ground Balls-Fly BallsK Lohse 6-7; T Mulholland 1-2; J Romero 3-2
- Game ScoresK Lohse 45
Scoring Summary
Inning | KC | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | C Beltran homered to left. | 1 | 0 | |
| 2nd | L Ford singled to right, J Offerman scored, J Jones to second. | 1 | 1 | |
| 2nd | H Blanco doubled to deep left, J Jones and L Ford scored. | 1 | 3 | |
| 3rd | M Sweeney homered to left, T Graffanino and C Beltran scored. | 4 | 3 | |
| 3rd | D Mientkiewicz singled to center, N Punto scored. | 4 | 4 | |
| 3rd | H Blanco singled to left, D Mientkiewicz scored, C Koskie to third, L Ford to second. | 4 | 5 | |
| 3rd | C Guzman safe at first on throwing error by shortstop A Blanco, C Koskie and L Ford scored, H Blanco advanced to second on play, H Blanco tagged out at home attempting to advance on play. | 4 | 7 | |
| 5th | L Ford hit sacrifice fly to left, J Jones scored. | 4 | 8 | |
MIN wins 3-0
Game Information
Metrodome
12:10 AM, 18 April 2004
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 25,420
Game Time:2:52
- Umpires:
- Home Plate Umpire - Tony Randazzo
- First Base Umpire - Rob Drake
- Second Base Umpire - Fieldin Culbreth
- Third Base Umpire - Tim Mcclelland
2025 American League Central Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 88 | 74 | .543 | - | W2 |
| Detroit | 87 | 75 | .537 | 1 | L1 |
| Kansas City | 82 | 80 | .506 | 6 | W2 |
| Minnesota | 70 | 92 | .432 | 18 | L1 |
| Chicago | 60 | 102 | .370 | 28 | W1 |
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