Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

48-42, 22-20 Away

Final

33-55, 21-25 Home


MIN
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	6	1
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3

TwinsTop 1st
- J. Gobble pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Ball
  3
  Foul Ball
  4
  Foul Ball
  5
  Foul Ball
  6
  Ground Out
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 1st
- J. Santana pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 2nd
- J. Gobble pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- C Koskie stole second.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 2nd
- J. Santana pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- A Berroa caught stealing home, to catcher.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 3rd
- J. Gobble pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 3rd
- J. Santana pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- T Graffanino to second on wild pitch by J Santana.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 4th
- J. Gobble pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- L Ford stole second.
  0
  0
- L Ford safe at third on throwing error by pitcher J Gobble.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
RoyalsBottom 4th
- J. Santana pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 5th
- J. Gobble pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 5th
- J. Santana pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 6th
- J. Gobble pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- L Rivas safe at second on error by right fielder D Relaford.
  0
  0
- 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error
RoyalsBottom 6th
- J. Santana pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 7th
- J. Huisman pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- H Blanco safe at third, S Stewart safe at second on throwing error by catcher A Castillo.
  4
  0
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error
RoyalsBottom 7th
- J. Santana pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 8th
- J. Huisman pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 8th
- J. Santana pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- A Castillo to second on wild pitch by J Santana, A Castillo safe at third on throwing error by catcher H Blanco.
  4
  0
- 1 Run, 0 Hits, 1 Error
TwinsTop 9th
- R. Bukvich pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 9th
- J. Nathan pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Twins
1
Royals
3

Game 1

16/7

Twins
3
Royals
12

Game 2

17/7

Twins
4
Royals
1

Game 3

17/7

Twins
3
Royals
4

Game 4

19/7

Kauffman Stadium

6:15 PM, 17 July 2004

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 30,094

Game Time:2:30

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ed Rapuano
First Base Umpire - Ted Barrett
Second Base Umpire - Rick Reed
Third Base Umpire - Alfonso Marquez

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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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

J. Santana8-6

J. Gobble5-7

J. Nathan24

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Ball
3 Foul Ball
4 Foul Ball
5 Foul Ball
6 Ground Out