The Kansas City Royals were easily defeated by the Minnesota Twins, 7 to 2, on April 12, 1998.

Final

Twins

6-5

7

Royals

4-7

2

MIN

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

1

0

4

0

5

0

6

2

1

7

3

1

8

0

9

1

0

R

7

2

H

12

8

E

2

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 3rd

MIN

KCR

Matt Lawton ground ball; Error by Jose Offerman; Pat Meares scored.

1

0

Top 6th

MIN

KCR

Double by David Ortiz; Matt Lawton and Paul Molitor scored.

3

0

Bottom 6th

MIN

KCR

Jeff King line drive; Error by Marty Cordova; Dean Palmer scored.

3

1

Top 7th

MIN

KCR

Home run by Ron Coomer.

4

1

Home run by Pat Meares.

5

1

Single by Paul Molitor; Otis Nixon scored.

6

1

Bottom 7th

MIN

KCR

Single by Felix Martinez; Larry Sutton scored.

6

2

Top 9th

MIN

KCR

Home run by Pat Meares.

7

2

Twins

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Otis Nixon CF	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Lawton RF	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
Paul Molitor DH	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	3
David Ortiz 1B	5	0	1	2	0	0	1	2
Marty Cordova LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Todd Walker 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
Ron Coomer 3B	4	1	3	1	1	0	0	6
Terry Steinbach C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Pat Meares SS	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	8
Totals	36	7	12	6	3	4	4	24

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Bob Tewksbury (W)	6.0	4	2	1	1	0
Eddie Guardado	1.0	1	0	0	1	2
Mike Trombley	1.2	3	0	0	1	2
Rick Aguilera (S)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	9.0	8	2	1	3	5

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Johnny Damon CF	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Offerman 2B	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Hal Morris LF	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	3
Dean Palmer 3B	5	1	2	0	0	2	1	3
Jeff King 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Pendleton DH	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Sutton RF	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Sweeney C	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	2
Felix Martinez SS	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Totals	36	2	8	1	3	5	2	10

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Hipolito Pichardo (L)	6.1	7	5	4	2	2	2
Matt Whisenant	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0
Jim Pittsley	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	1
Totals	9.0	12	7	6	4	4	3

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Perez

RBI

23

Perez

AVG

.348

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

33

Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

28

5th

R

117

11th

SO

183

29th

ERA

3.16

5th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	17	7	.708
Royals	15	10	.600	2.5
Tigers	14	11	.560	3.5
Twins	10	13	.435	6.5
White Sox	3	21	.125	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM

Last Game

Royals

15-10

3

Final

2

Blue Jays

13-12

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

23

García

23

Ward

Batting Average Leaders

.371

Ohtani

.365

Betts

.359

Contreras

Hit Leaders

39

Ohtani

38

Betts

36

Altuve

Run Leaders

26

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.468

Betts

.439

Contreras

.433

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.695

Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

.651

Cruz

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

40

Crochet

39

Jones

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

0.85

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

441.7

Betts

430.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

334

Betts

327

Cruz

319

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