The Kansas City Royals barely put up a fight against 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

7

Perez

RBI

25

Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

7th

R

127

10th

SO

197

27th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	18	8	.692
Royals	17	10	.630	1.5
Tigers	14	12	.538	4.0
Twins	12	13	.480	5.5
White Sox	4	22	.154	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	KCR	@	DET	6:10 PM
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 4/30	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Wed 5/1	KCR	@	TOR	3:07 PM

Last Game

Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.382

Betts

.376

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

42

Betts

40

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

28

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.485

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.681

Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

.645

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

4

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

487.6

Betts

457.8

Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

370

Betts

347

Cruz

337

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