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Twins
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
April 13, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins, played on April 13, 1997 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 13, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 13, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Frankie Rodriguez |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Kevin Appier |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 13,831 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 51 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe Brinkman 1B: Derryl Cousins 2B: Tim Welke 3B: Ken Kaiser |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Knoblauch | Second Baseman |
| Rich Becker | Center Fielder |
| Matt Lawton | Left Fielder |
| Paul Molitor | DH |
| Greg Myers | Catcher |
| Greg Colbrunn | First Baseman |
| Brent Brede | Right Fielder |
| Pat Meares | Shortstop |
| Todd Walker | Third Baseman |
| Tom Kelly | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bip Roberts | Left Fielder |
| Tom Goodwin | Center Fielder |
| Jay Bell | Shortstop |
| Jeff King | First Baseman |
| Joe Vitiello | DH |
| Craig Paquette | Third Baseman |
| Mike Macfarlane | Catcher |
| David Howard | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Damon | Right Fielder |
| Bob Boone | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
April 13, 1997
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Appier
Knoblauch takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Becker vs. Appier
Becker strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lawton vs. Appier
Lawton hits a popup towards short. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Molitor vs. Appier
The ball gets by Macfarlane for a passed ball. Knoblauch moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Molitor vs. Appier
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Rodriguez
Roberts hits a fly ball into right field. Brede settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Rodriguez
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Rodriguez
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Appier
Myers hits a line drive into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colbrunn vs. Appier
Colbrunn hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Brede vs. Appier
Brede hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Macfarlane settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Macfarlane. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brede vs. Appier
Brede strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Rodriguez
King takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Vitiello vs. Rodriguez
Vitiello hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Rodriguez
Paquette takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Macfarlane vs. Rodriguez
Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Myers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Appier
Meares strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Appier
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Appier
Knoblauch strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Rodriguez
Howard takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Damon vs. Rodriguez
Damon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Rodriguez
Roberts hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Goodwin vs. Rodriguez
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Rodriguez
Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Appier
Becker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Lawton vs. Appier
Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Appier
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Myers vs. Appier
Myers hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Myers reaches second base with a double. Molitor goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Colbrunn vs. Appier
There's a wild pitch. Myers moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Colbrunn vs. Appier
Colbrunn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Rodriguez
King takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Vitiello vs. Rodriguez
Vitiello hits a line drive towards short. Meares reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Paquette vs. Rodriguez
Paquette hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. King moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Macfarlane vs. Rodriguez
Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rodriguez fields it and throws to second for the out. King moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Howard vs. Rodriguez
Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. King scores. Macfarlane moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Damon vs. Swindell
Greg Swindell now pitching.
Damon takes first base on ball four. Macfarlane moves to third. Howard moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Dye vs. Swindell
Jermaine Dye pinch hits for Bip Roberts.
Dye hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Brede vs. Appier
Jermaine Dye now playing right field. Johnny Damon now playing left field.
Brede hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Meares vs. Appier
Meares hits a line drive into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Appier
Walker takes first base on ball four. Brede moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Knoblauch vs. Appier
Knoblauch hits a popup, foul, towards first. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Becker vs. Appier
Becker hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Swindell
Goodwin bunts towards third. Walker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Swindell
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Brede settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Swindell
King takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Vitiello vs. Swindell
Vitiello strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Appier
Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Appier
Molitor strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Appier
Myers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Colbrunn vs. Appier
Colbrunn hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Macfarlane fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Swindell
Paquette hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Macfarlane vs. Swindell
Macfarlane hits a popup, foul, towards first, in foul territory. Colbrunn races over to make the catch. There's the throw to catch Paquette, and he's out, with Swindellcovering. Double play. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Swindell
Howard strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Brede vs. Appier
Brede hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Meares vs. Appier
Meares hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Appier
Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Swindell
Damon bunts towards the mound. Swindell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Dye vs. Swindell
Dye hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Becker. Dye reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Goodwin vs. Swindell
Goodwin hits a line drive into right field. Brede settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Olson
Gregg Olson now pitching.
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Olson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Appier
Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Appier
Becker strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Appier
Lawton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Olson
King takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Vitiello vs. Olson
Vitiello hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. King moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Paquette vs. Olson
Shane Halter pinch runs for Joe Vitiello.
There goes Halter. The throw from Myers and he is safe. Halter steals second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Paquette vs. Olson
Paquette strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Macfarlane vs. Olson
Macfarlane hits a fly ball into left field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Howard vs. Olson
Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. King scores. Halter scores. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Damon vs. Olson
There goes Howard. The throw from Myers and he is safe. Howard steals second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Damon vs. Olson
Damon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lawton. Damon reaches second base with a double. Howard scores. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Dye vs. Aguilera
Rick Aguilera now pitching.
Dye hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Damon moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Goodwin vs. Aguilera
Goodwin hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Pichardo
Hipolito Pichardo now pitching.
Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Pichardo
Myers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colbrunn vs. Pichardo
Colbrunn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Myers moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Brede vs. Pichardo
Brede hits a line drive towards short. Bell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Meares vs. Pichardo
Meares hits a popup, foul, towards first. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/13/1997 -- Minnesota at Kansas City (D)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Knoblauch C, 2b 3 0 0 0 Roberts B, lf 2 0 1 0
Becker R, cf 3 0 0 0 Dye J, ph-rf 3 0 2 0
Lawton M, lf 4 0 0 0 Goodwin T, cf 5 0 0 0
Molitor P, dh 4 1 1 0 Bell J, ss 4 0 0 0
Myers G, c 3 0 2 1 King J, 1b 0 2 0 0
Colbrunn G, 1b 4 0 1 0 Vitiello J, dh 4 0 1 0
Brede B, rf 4 0 2 0 Halter S, pr 0 1 0 0
Meares P, ss 4 0 0 0 Paquette C, 3b 3 0 2 0
Walker T, 3b 2 0 0 0 Macfarlane M, c 4 0 0 0
Howard D, 2b 3 2 2 3
Damon J, rf-lf 3 1 2 3
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31 1 6 1 31 6 10 6
Minnesota 000 100 000 -- 1
Kansas City 002 100 03x -- 6
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez F (L) 3.2 4 3 3 5 0
Swindell G 3.0 2 0 0 1 2
Olson G 1.0 3 3 3 1 1
Aguilera R 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Appier K (W) 8.0 5 1 1 3 7
Pichardo H 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
E -- Macfarlane M
DP -- Minnesota 3, Kansas City 2
LOB -- Minnesota 7, Kansas City 8
2B -- Myers G, Dye J, Damon J
HR -- Damon J
SB -- Halter S, Howard D
WP -- Appier K
PB -- Macfarlane M
T -- 2:51
A -- 13831
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