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MINNESOTA TWINS @ KANSAS CITY ROYALS
04/28/1998
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Rheal Cormier
Pitching: LHP Rheal Cormier
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jerome Walton 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Hit by Pitch
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: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 100.0 MPH)
Jerome Walton to second
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 88.8 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Pitching: RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 66.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Armando Rios 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: DOUBLE (Groundball, 3L, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Thome 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Richard Hidalgo 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 110.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Rheal Cormier
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 74.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 98.1 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 113.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Rick Wilkins 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Rheal Cormier
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jerome Walton 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6M, EV 65.0 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 95.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0
TOP OF THE 4TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Rheal Cormier
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 111.3 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: LHB Armando Rios 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Thome 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Richard Hidalgo 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 88.1 MPH)
Jim Thome to second
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 88.8 MPH)
Jim Thome to third
Batting: LHB Rick Wilkins 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0
TOP OF THE 5TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Rheal Cormier
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 110.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 68.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Hit by Pitch
Batting: RHB Jerome Walton 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Darin Erstad to second
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 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: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 74.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 103.8 MPH), Distance : 396 ft
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RS, EV 74.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Rheal Cormier
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Line Drive, 7D, EV 102.5 MPH), Distance : 382 ft
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 105.0 MPH), Distance : 427 ft
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89S, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4D, EV 55.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 95.0 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Kansas City 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Batting: LHB Armando Rios 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Jim Thome 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Richard Hidalgo 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Kansas City 1
TOP OF THE 7TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Rheal Cormier
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 8RXD, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jerome Walton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 96.9 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Kansas City 1
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Juan Guzman
Pitching: RHP Rob Dibble
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Rick Wilkins 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Bunt missed!
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Ball
Barry Larkin is caught stealing 2nd base 2-6
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Kansas City 1
TOP OF THE 8TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Rheal Cormier
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Rod Beck
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89XD, EV 79.4 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Kansas City 1
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Rob Dibble
Pitching: RHP Trevor Hoffman
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Armando Rios 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Kansas City 1
TOP OF THE 9TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Rod Beck
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Abraham O Nunez 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 86.3 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Kansas City 1
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Trevor Hoffman
Now at 2B: Mark Grudzielanek
Batting: LHB Jim Thome 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Richard Hidalgo 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Pitching: LHP John Rocker
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 104.4 MPH), Distance : 372 ft
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