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KANSAS CITY ROYALS @ MINNESOTA TWINS
09/04/1996
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Pedro Astacio
Pitching: RHP Pedro Astacio
Batting: LHB Ray Lankford 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 105.0 MPH), Distance : 375 ft
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 63.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Thome 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Jeromy Burnitz 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 9LD, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dave Magadan 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Reached on error, E1 (Groundball, 13S, EV 63.1 MPH)
Jeromy Burnitz scores
Dave Magadan to third
Batting: LHB Dan Pasqua 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89M, EV 80.6 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Bobby J. Jones
Pitching: RHP Bobby J. Jones
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7D, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Pedro Astacio
Batting: RHB Jeff Tackett 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LD, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ray Lankford 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 113.1 MPH)
Jeff Tackett scores
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Thome 0-0: Called Strike
Ray Lankford is caught stealing 3rd base 2-5
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 78.1 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Minnesota 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Bobby J. Jones
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Minnesota 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Pedro Astacio
Batting: LHB Jeromy Burnitz 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Dave Magadan 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Bunt - Flyout to P! F1
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Minnesota 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Bobby J. Jones
Batting: RHB Eddie Perez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Arquimedez Pozo 0-0: Ball
1-0: Bunt missed!
1-1: Bunted foul
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Hit by Pitch
Eddie Perez to second
Batting: RHB Norberto Martin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 109.4 MPH)
Eddie Perez to third
Arquimedez Pozo to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
Passed Ball!
Arquimedez Pozo to third
Norberto Martin to second
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 88.8 MPH)
Throwing error, E7
Arquimedez Pozo scores
Norberto Martin to third
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 92.5 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, throw by RF
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 88.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 3 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Minnesota 3
TOP OF THE 4TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Pedro Astacio
Batting: LHB Dan Pasqua 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Jeff Tackett 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
Andruw Jones steals 2nd, throwing error, E2
Andruw Jones to third
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 85.6 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, throw by CF
Batting: LHB Ray Lankford 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Bunt for hit to 2R - play at first, batter OUT! 2-3
Top of the 4th over - 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Kansas City 4 - Minnesota 3
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Bobby J. Jones
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 3D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Eddie Perez 0-0: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56D, EV 110.6 MPH)
Brent Gates to second
Batting: RHB Arquimedez Pozo 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on base; Kansas City 4 - Minnesota 3
TOP OF THE 5TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Pedro Astacio
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Thome 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RS, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jeromy Burnitz 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Dave Magadan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Jeromy Burnitz to second
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Jeromy Burnitz to third
Dave Magadan to second
Batting: LHB Dan Pasqua 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: GRAND SLAM HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 96.3 MPH), Distance : 369 ft
Pitching: RHP Ben Rivera
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 5th over - 4 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 8 - Minnesota 3
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Bobby J. Jones
Batting: RHB Norberto Martin 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 82.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 8 - Minnesota 3
TOP OF THE 6TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Ben Rivera
Batting: RHB Jeff Tackett 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Ray Lankford 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 88.1 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 8 - Minnesota 3
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Bobby J. Jones
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LM, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 8 - Minnesota 3
TOP OF THE 7TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Ben Rivera
Batting: LHB Jim Thome 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Jeromy Burnitz 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 108.1 MPH), Distance : 373 ft
Batting: LHB Dave Magadan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Hit by Pitch
Batting: LHB Dan Pasqua 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 106.3 MPH), Distance : 399 ft
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jeff Conine 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Jeff Tackett 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Jeff Conine to second
Pitching: RHP Steve Parris
Pinch Hitting: SHB Orlando Merced 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 96.9 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Kansas City 11 - Minnesota 3
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Bobby J. Jones
Now in LF: Jeff Conine
Now in RF: Orlando Merced
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Eddie Perez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Arquimedez Pozo 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 11 - Minnesota 3
TOP OF THE 8TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Steve Parris
Pinch Hitting: RHB Tim Naehring 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 96.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Reggie L. Sanders 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jeromy Burnitz 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 91.3 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 11 - Minnesota 3
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Bobby J. Jones
Now at 1B: Hensley Meulens
Now at SS: Tim Naehring
Batting: RHB Norberto Martin 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 109.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Norberto Martin to second
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 103.1 MPH)
Norberto Martin to third
Kal Daniels to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by RF
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89D, EV 110.6 MPH)
Kal Daniels scores
Darin Erstad to third
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Hit by Pitch
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 104.4 MPH)
Darin Erstad scores
Larry Walker scores
Koji Akiyama to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to trailing runner, SAFE at third!
Pitching: LHP Kevin Rogers
Batting: RHB Eddie Perez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7LD, EV 103.1 MPH), Distance : 372 ft
Batting: RHB Arquimedez Pozo 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Norberto Martin 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 93.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 7 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 11 - Minnesota 10
TOP OF THE 9TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Steve Parris
Batting: LHB Dave Magadan 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dan Pasqua 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Reached on error, E9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jeff Conine 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Kansas City 11 - Minnesota 10
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Kevin Rogers
Pitching: RHP Armando Benitez
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Kal Daniels steals 2nd base
Batter strikes out.
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
Kal Daniels steals 3rd base
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 101.9 MPH)
Kal Daniels scores
Frank Thomas to second
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 9S, EV 89.4 MPH)
Frank Thomas to third
Larry Walker to second
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 104.4 MPH)
Frank Thomas scores
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