The Kansas City Royals were easily defeated by the Minnesota Twins, 11 to 6, on April 12, 1997.

Final

Twins

6-4

11

Royals

3-5

6

MIN

KCR

1

3

1

2

0

3

0

4

0

5

0

3

6

3

0

7

0

8

5

1

9

0

1

R

11

6

H

12

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

MIN

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Paul Molitor; Chuck Knoblauch scored.

1

0

Passed ball; Rich Becker scored.

2

0

Double by Matt Lawton; Terry Steinbach scored.

3

0

Bottom 1st

MIN

KCR

Double by Jay Bell; Tom Goodwin scored.

3

1

Bottom 5th

MIN

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Jay Bell; David Howard scored.

3

2

Double by Jeff King; Tom Goodwin scored.

3

Single by Scott Cooper; Jeff King scored.

3

4

Top 6th

MIN

KCR

Home run by Pat Meares; Greg Colbrunn and Todd Walker scored.

6

4

Top 8th

MIN

KCR

Double by Greg Colbrunn; Terry Steinbach and Matt Lawton scored.

8

4

Single by Denny Hocking; Chris Latham scored.

9

4

Single by Chuck Knoblauch; Pat Meares scored.

10

4

Sacrifice fly by Paul Molitor; Denny Hocking scored.

11

4

Bottom 8th

MIN

KCR

Double by Bip Roberts; David Howard scored.

11

5

Bottom 9th

MIN

KCR

Home run by Scott Cooper.

11

6

Twins

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Chuck Knoblauch 2B	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	3
Rich Becker CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Paul Molitor DH	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
Terry Steinbach C	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Matt Lawton LF	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	2
Greg Colbrunn 1B	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	3
Todd Walker 3B	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Chris Latham PH,RF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Meares SS	3	2	2	3	1	0	0	5
Denny Hocking RF,3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Totals	36	11	12	10	1	4	5	17

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Brad Radke	4.2	9	4	4	2	2	0
Todd Ritchie (W)	1.1	0	0	0	3	1	0
Dan Naulty	1.1	2	1	1	1	3	0
Eddie Guardado	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	1
Totals	9.0	12	6	6	6	6	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Bip Roberts LF	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
Tom Goodwin CF	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	3
Jay Bell SS	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3
Jeff King 1B	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2
Scott Cooper DH	5	1	3	2	1	0	1	1	6
Craig Paquette 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2
Jermaine Dye RF	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mike Sweeney C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
David Howard 2B	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1
Totals	36	6	12	6	1	6	6	3	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Tim Belcher (L)	6.0	8	6	6	2	4	1
Jeff Montgomery	1.0	2	3	3	1	1	0
Jason Jacome	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0
Randy Veres	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	12	11	11	4	5	1

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

8

Perez

RBI

30

Perez

AVG

.328

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

5

Lugo

K

54

Ragans

ERA

1.60

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

36

13th

R

164

11th

SO

275

24th

ERA

3.31

7th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	23	12	.657
Twins	20	14	.588	2.5
Royals	21	15	.583	2.5
Tigers	18	17	.514	5.0
White Sox	8	27	.229	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 5/7	MIL	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Wed 5/8	MIL	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Thu 5/9	KCR	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Fri 5/10	KCR	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Sat 5/11	KCR	@	LAA	9:38 PM

Last Game

Royals

21-15

3

Final

2

Brewers

20-14

Mon 6 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

11

Ohtani

10

Henderson

10

Trout

RBI Leaders

33

Ozuna

32

Bohm

30

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.370

Ohtani

.356

Betts

.353

Kwan

Hit Leaders

54

Ohtani

52

Betts

48

Altuve

Run Leaders

32

Betts

31

Jr.

31

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.463

Betts

.434

Ohtani

.425

Profar

SLG Leaders

.705

Ohtani

.603

Ozuna

.575

Betts

SB Leaders

19

Cruz

14

Turang

14

Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

6

Suárez

6

Glasnow

5

Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

63

Wheeler

63

Glasnow

56

Flaherty

ERA Leaders

1.44

Berríos

1.56

Crawford

1.60

Lugo

WHIP Leaders

0.72

Suárez

0.77

Skubal

0.78

Jones

K/9 Leaders

12.00

Flaherty

11.73

Crochet

11.64

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

10.40

Jones

10.25

Kirby

9.33

Flaherty

Walk Leaders

4

Kirby

4

Eflin

5

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

610.7

Ohtani

583.9

Betts

521.9

Cruz

DraftKings Points Leaders

469

Ohtani

444

Betts

398

Cruz

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