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MINNESOTA TWINS @ KANSAS CITY ROYALS
04/27/1998
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Rick Reed
Pitching: RHP Rick Reed
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 108.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Darren Oliver
Pitching: LHP Darren Oliver
Batting: RHB Reggie L. Sanders 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Reggie L. Sanders to second
Batting: RHB Kazuhiro Kiyohara 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Hit by Pitch
Batting: RHB Richard Hidalgo 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Reggie L. Sanders to third
Kazuhiro Kiyohara to second
1-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Reggie L. Sanders scores
Kazuhiro Kiyohara to third
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Line Drive, 7D, EV 106.3 MPH), Distance : 381 ft
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 113.1 MPH), Distance : 409 ft
Batting: RHB Randy Milligan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 93.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 4
TOP OF THE 2ND
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Rick Reed
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 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: Fly out, F4 (Flyball, 4MD, EV 87.5 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 4
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Darren Oliver
Batting: RHB Tony Eusebio 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Reggie L. Sanders 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 83.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 4
TOP OF THE 3RD
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Rick Reed
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Sac Bunt to 25 - play at first, batter OUT! 5-4
Abraham O Nunez to second
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 89M, EV 85.0 MPH)
Abraham O Nunez to third
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Reached on error, E1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 81.9 MPH)
Abraham O Nunez scores
Mark Grudzielanek to second
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
Mark Grudzielanek steals 3rd base
Kal Daniels to second
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 8LS, EV 88.1 MPH)
Mark Grudzielanek scores
Kal Daniels to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
Darin Erstad steals 2nd base
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 81.9 MPH)
Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd, no throw by CF
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 101.9 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Minnesota 3 - Kansas City 4
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Darren Oliver
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Kazuhiro Kiyohara 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Bunt missed!
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Richard Hidalgo 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Roberto Alomar to second
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 87.5 MPH)
Roberto Alomar to third
Batting: RHB Randy Milligan 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 78.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 3 - Kansas City 4
TOP OF THE 4TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Rick Reed
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 66.3 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 3 - Kansas City 4
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Darren Oliver
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tony Eusebio 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 99.4 MPH)
Barry Larkin to second
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Bunt missed!
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Reggie L. Sanders 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Barry Larkin to third
Tony Eusebio to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Pitching: RHP Bob Ayrault
Batting: RHB Kazuhiro Kiyohara 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 4th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 3 - Kansas City 5
TOP OF THE 5TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Rick Reed
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 107.5 MPH)
Mark Grudzielanek to second
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 89.4 MPH)
Mark Grudzielanek to third
Darin Erstad to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 5th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 4 - Kansas City 5
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Bob Ayrault
Batting: RHB Richard Hidalgo 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 3D, EV 108.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Randy Milligan 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 104.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 4 - Kansas City 5
TOP OF THE 6TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Rick Reed
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5F, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LS, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 4 - Kansas City 5
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Bob Ayrault
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Tony Eusebio 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Barry Larkin to second
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Sac Bunt to 3S - play at first, batter OUT! 3-4
Barry Larkin to third
Tony Eusebio to second
Batting: RHB Reggie L. Sanders 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 9LS, EV 93.8 MPH)
Barry Larkin scores
Tony Eusebio to third
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
Reggie L. Sanders steals 2nd base
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kazuhiro Kiyohara 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 103.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 4 - Kansas City 6
TOP OF THE 7TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Rick Reed
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Pitching: RHP John Habyan
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Darin Erstad to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by RF made to third
Pitching: RHP Gregg Olson
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 4 - Kansas City 6
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Bob Ayrault
Batting: RHB Richard Hidalgo 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7D, EV 99.4 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Jerry Spradlin
Batting: RHB Randy Milligan 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 4 - Kansas City 6
TOP OF THE 8TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Gregg Olson
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Brent Gates to second
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Ball
1-1: Sac Bunt to 5S - play at third, runner OUT! 5-6
Koji Akiyama to second
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 85.6 MPH)
Koji Akiyama to third
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Reached on error, E2 (Groundball, 2L, EV 68.1 MPH)
Koji Akiyama scores
Brook Fordyce to third
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 8th over - 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Minnesota 5 - Kansas City 6
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Jerry Spradlin
Batting: RHB Tony Eusebio 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Reggie L. Sanders 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 5 - Kansas City 6
TOP OF THE 9TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Gregg Olson
Pitching: RHP Armando Benitez
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 5 - Kansas City 6
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