DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
KANSAS CITY ROYALS AT MINNESOTA TWINS
07/06/1998
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DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
KANSAS CITY ROYALS AT MINNESOTA TWINS
GAME ID: 1068 - MONDAY, JULY 6TH, 1998 - GAME LOG
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Kansas City Royals (55-36) 0 0 1 0 4 5 0 0 5 15 17 0
Minnesota Twins (41-49) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 1
Thome Gets 300th Home Run
Kansas City's outstanding first baseman Jim Thome joined the 300 home run club today at Metrodome with a booming blast in the Royals win over the Twins. They topped Minnesota 15-2.

On his milestone day Thome had 3 hits in 4 at-bats with 4 runs batted in and 3 runs scored.

Tongue-in-cheek he told the press, "Don't tell me when I get close to the next milestone. Just tell me after I reach it. It will be easier to hit that way."

A check of his lifetime stats shows Thome has a career .259 average with 914 hits, 148 doubles, 20 triples, 300 home runs and 738 RBIs. To date he has scored 686 runs, walked 692 times and stolen 12 bases.
KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE MINNESOTA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
Q. Veras SS 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 .251 4 27
S. Rolen 3B 4 1 0 0 2 2 6 .252 4 17
J. Thome 1B 4 3 3 4 2 0 1 .254 29 71
P. Plantier DH 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 .265 22 56
R. Hidalgo RF 6 1 2 4 0 4 3 .271 26 70
A. Rios CF 5 1 3 4 1 2 2 .264 13 43
R. Alomar 2B 5 0 2 1 1 0 3 .244 18 48
R. Branyan LF 6 0 1 0 0 3 7 .231 7 14
R. Wilkins C 4 3 2 0 1 0 4 .190 11 37
Totals 43 15 17 14 9 12 29      
BATTING
Doubles: R. Hidalgo (23, 5th Inning off P. Astacio, 3 on, 0 outs) Q. Veras (12, 6th Inning off J. Spradlin, 1 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: A. Rios (13, 9th Inning off T. Hoffman, 3 on, 2 outs) R. Hidalgo (26, 6th Inning off J. Spradlin, 1 on, 1 out) J. Thome (29, 6th Inning off J. Spradlin, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: R. Alomar 2 , A. Rios 6 , R. Hidalgo 6 , Q. Veras 4 , R. Branyan , R. Wilkins 2 , J. Thome 6 , P. Plantier
2-out RBI: A. Rios
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Branyan , R. Wilkins 2 , P. Plantier
GIDP: R. Branyan , S. Rolen
Hit by Pitch: P. Plantier
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: Q. Veras (10) , S. Rolen (2)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Thompson-Alomar-Thome)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Erstad CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .284 6 23
M. Grudzielanek SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .256 2 30
F. Thomas 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .284 24 77
K. Akiyama RF 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .191 10 32
K. Daniels DH 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .278 29 62
J. Walton LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .230 1 16
B. Gates 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .280 5 35
A. Nunez 3B 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 .272 9 38
E. Perez C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .229 1 13
Totals 33 2 7 2 1 8 10      
BATTING
Home Runs: A. Nunez (9, 8th Inning off J. Thompson, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Daniels 2 , A. Nunez 4 , D. Erstad 2 , B. Gates , K. Akiyama
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Gates
GIDP: J. Walton
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
SB: B. Gates (4)

FIELDING
Errors: A. Nunez (2)
Double Plays: 2 (Grudzielanek-Gates-Thomas, Nunez-Gates-Thomas)
KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE MINNESOTA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
J. Thompson W (10-4) 9.0 7 2 2 1 8 1 117 75 2.98   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Thompson 72
Batters Faced: J. Thompson 34
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Thompson 12-6
Pitches - Strikes: J. Thompson 117-75
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
P. Astacio L (3-10) 5.0 8 6 6 4 5 0 114 72 4.99   
J. Spradlin 0.1 4 4 4 0 1 2 27 13 5.91   
C. Almanzar 1.1 1 0 0 2 2 0 28 15 4.44   
P. Spoljaric 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 21 13 4.09   
B. Ayrault 1.0 1 3 3 2 0 0 20 9 4.42   
T. Hoffman 0.2 2 2 2 1 2 1 20 11 2.27   
PITCHING
Game Score: P. Astacio 28
Batters Faced: P. Astacio 27, J. Spradlin 5, C. Almanzar 7, P. Spoljaric 4, B. Ayrault 5, T. Hoffman 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: P. Astacio 5-4, J. Spradlin 0-0, C. Almanzar 2-0, P. Spoljaric 0-0, B. Ayrault 2-0, T. Hoffman 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: P. Astacio 114-72, J. Spradlin 27-13, C. Almanzar 28-15, P. Spoljaric 21-13, B. Ayrault 20-9, T. Hoffman 20-11
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Spradlin 1-1 , P. Spoljaric 1-0 , B. Ayrault 2-0 , T. Hoffman 3-3
WP: P. Astacio
Hit Batsmen: P. Astacio
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Jim Thome
Ballpark: Metrodome
Start Time: 1:05 PM EST
Time: 3:40
Attendance: 28526
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