The Kansas City Royals got schooled by the Minnesota Twins, 8 to 3, on April 11, 1998.

Final

Twins

5-5

8

Royals

4-6

3

MIN

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

1

4

1

0

5

1

0

6

0

7

0

1

8

2

0

9

0

1

R

8

3

H

10

8

E

2

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

MIN

KCR

Home run by Paul Molitor.

1

0

Top 3rd

MIN

KCR

Single by Paul Molitor; Pat Meares scored.

2

0

Double by Marty Cordova; Matt Lawton and Paul Molitor scored.

4

0

Bottom 3rd

MIN

KCR

Single by Jose Offerman; Hal Morris scored.

4

1

Top 4th

MIN

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Pat Meares; Ron Coomer scored.

5

1

Top 5th

MIN

KCR

Home run by Orlando Merced.

6

1

Bottom 7th

MIN

KCR

Double by Shane Halter; Hal Morris scored.

6

2

Top 8th

MIN

KCR

Fly out by Pat Meares; Marty Cordova scored.

7

2

Single by Otis Nixon; Todd Walker scored.

8

2

Bottom 9th

MIN

KCR

Single by Shane Halter; Shane Mack scored.

8

3

Twins

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Otis Nixon CF	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	2
Matt Lawton RF	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Paul Molitor DH	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	5
Orlando Merced 1B	5	1	2	1	1	0	1	5
Marty Cordova LF	4	1	2	2	0	1	0	3
Todd Walker 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Ron Coomer 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Terry Steinbach C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Pat Meares SS	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
Totals	36	8	10	8	2	4	4	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Eric Milton (W)	6.2	6	2	1	2	2
Greg Swindell	2.1	2	1	1	1	2
Totals	9.0	8	3	2	3	4

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Johnny Damon CF	4	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jose Offerman 2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	1
Jeff King 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dean Palmer 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1
Shane Mack DH	3	1	1	0	1	0	1
Ernie Young RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Hal Morris LF	4	2	2	0	0	0	2
Mike Sweeney C	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Shane Halter SS	4	0	2	2	0	0	3
Totals	33	3	8	3	3	4	9

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Tim Belcher (L)	4.0	6	5	5	1	1	1
Jose Rosado	4.0	4	3	3	2	2	1
Jeff Montgomery	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Totals	9.0	10	8	8	4	4	2

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Perez

RBI

22

Perez

AVG

.337

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

33

Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

28

5th

R

114

10th

SO

175

29th

ERA

3.21

5th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	17	6	.739
Tigers	14	10	.583	3.5
Royals	14	10	.583	3.5
Twins	9	13	.409	7.5
White Sox	3	20	.130	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 4/24	TOR	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Thu 4/25	TOR	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Fri 4/26	KCR	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sat 4/27	KCR	@	DET	6:10 PM
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM

Last Game

Royals

14-10

3

Final

2

Blue Jays

13-11

Tue 23 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

9

Trout

9

Ozuna

7

Cruz

RBI Leaders

27

Ozuna

22

García

22

Jr.

Batting Average Leaders

.364

Ohtani

.357

Altuve

.351

Kwan

Hit Leaders

36

Ohtani

35

Altuve

34

Kwan

Run Leaders

24

Betts

23

Marte

22

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.458

Betts

.432

Soto

.430

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.677

Ohtani

.674

Ozuna

.671

Abrams

SB Leaders

12

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Glasnow

4

Berríos

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

39

Jones

38

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.85

Berríos

1.33

Blanco

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.10

Jones

11.92

Crochet

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

10.00

Ryan

9.75

Jones

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

3

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

413.3

Betts

393.9

Cruz

383

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

312

Betts

297

Cruz

296

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0