The Minnesota Twins emerged victorious over the Kansas City Royals, 7 to 5, on April 5, 1997.

1997 Minnesota Twins

Final

KCR

Royals

1-3

5

MIN

Twins

4-1

7

KCR

MIN

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

1

4

4

3

1

5

1

2

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

R

5

7

H

9

12

E

0

1

Top 3rd

KCR

MIN

Royals

Home run by Tim Spehr.

1

0

Bottom 3rd

KCR

MIN

Twins

Single by Chuck Knoblauch; Rich Becker scored.

1

1

Twins

Marty Cordova grounded out; Pat Meares scored.

1

2

Twins

Single by Terry Steinbach; Chuck Knoblauch and Matt Lawton scored.

1

4

Top 4th

KCR

MIN

Royals

Home run by Bip Roberts.

2

4

Royals

Single by Joe Vitiello; Jeff King scored.

3

4

Royals

Craig Paquette grounded out; Error by Greg Colbrunn; Jay Bell scored.

4

4

Bottom 4th

KCR

MIN

Twins

Single by Chuck Knoblauch; Pat Meares scored.

4

5

Top 5th

KCR

MIN

Royals

Double by Jeff King; Bip Roberts scored.

5

5

Bottom 5th

KCR

MIN

Twins

Single by Terry Steinbach; Marty Cordova scored.

5

6

Twins

Rich Becker grounded out; Terry Steinbach scored.

5

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jose Offerman 2B 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
David Howard PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Goodwin CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Bip Roberts LF 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
Jeff King 1B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Jay Bell SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Vitiello DH 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Jermaine Dye RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Paquette 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Spehr C 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Scott Cooper PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Sweeney C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 4 2 2 5 0 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Chris Haney (L) 4.2 10 7 7 1 3 0
Randy Veres 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 0
Jason Jacome 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Bevil 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 8.0 12 7 7 1 7 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Chuck Knoblauch 2B 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Matt Lawton RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Paul Molitor DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Marty Cordova LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Terry Steinbach C 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 2
Greg Colbrunn 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Brent Brede PH,1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Coomer 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Denny Hocking 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Becker CF 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Pat Meares SS 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Totals 34 7 12 7 0 1 7 2 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rich Robertson (W) 5.0 7 5 4 1 2 2
Dan Naulty 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Eddie Guardado 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Mike Trombley 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Aguilera (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 5 4 2 5 2

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

5

Julien

Edouard Julien

RBI

12

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

AVG

.306

Correa

Carlos Correa

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

1

Alcala

Jorge Alcala

K

38

Ryan

Joe Ryan

ERA

3.77

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Team Rankings

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HR

21

23rd

R

86

27th

SO

235

2nd

ERA

4.07

19th

2024 Division Standings

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

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sat
4/27
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sun
4/28
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM
Mon
4/29
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM

Last Game

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MIN Twins

10-13

6

Final

3

CWS White Sox

3-21

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

23

García

Adolis García

23

Ward

Taylor Ward

Batting Average Leaders

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.371

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.365

Betts

Mookie Betts

.359

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

38

Betts

Mookie Betts

36

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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26

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

OBP Leaders

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.468

Betts

Mookie Betts

.439

Contreras

William Contreras

.433

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.695

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.651

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

40

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

39

Jones

Jared Jones

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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441.7

Betts

Mookie Betts

430.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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334

Betts

Mookie Betts

327

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
4/23
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
8-2
Tue
4/23
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
11-2
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
3-2
Tue
4/23
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Tue
4/23
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
12:35 PM
Thu
4/25
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM