The Kansas City Royals lost to the Minnesota Twins, 9 to 2, on August 23, 2002.

Final

Twins

77-53

9

Royals

52-77

2

MIN

KCR

1

0

2

5

0

3

0

4

0

2

5

2

0

6

2

0

7

0

8

0

9

0

R

9

2

H

11

6

E

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

MIN

KCR

Double by A.J. Pierzynski; Doug Mientkiewicz scored.

1

0

Luis Rivas grounded out; Bobby Kielty scored.

2

0

Single by Cristian Guzman; A.J. Pierzynski scored.

3

0

Single by Corey Koskie; Jacque Jones scored.

4

0

Single by David Ortiz; Cristian Guzman scored.

5

0

Bottom 4th

MIN

KCR

Triple by Michael Tucker; Raul Ibanez scored.

5

1

Pickoff attempt; Error by A.J. Pierzynski; Michael Tucker scored.

5

2

Top 5th

MIN

KCR

Single by A.J. Pierzynski; Corey Koskie and Torii Hunter scored.

7

2

Top 6th

MIN

KCR

Single by Cristian Guzman; Error by Chuck Knoblauch; Jacque Jones scored.

8

2

David Ortiz grounded out; Cristian Guzman scored.

9

2

Twins

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Jacque Jones LF	3	2	1	0	2	0	1
Cristian Guzman SS	4	2	2	1	0	0	2
Denny Hocking SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corey Koskie 3B	4	1	2	1	1	0	2
David Ortiz DH	4	0	1	1	0	0	1
Matthew LeCroy PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Torii Hunter CF	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
Dustan Mohr RF	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Doug Mientkiewicz 1B	5	1	2	0	0	0	3
Bobby Kielty RF,CF	3	1	1	0	2	0	1
A.J. Pierzynski C	5	1	2	3	0	0	3
Luis Rivas 2B	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	37	9	11	7	7	1	13

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	SO
Rick Reed (W)	7.0	6	2	1	5
Michael Jackson	2.0	0	0	0	2
Totals	9.0	6	2	1	7

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	TB
Chuck Knoblauch LF	4	0	0	0	1	0
Carlos Beltran CF	4	0	1	0	1	1
Mike Sweeney 1B	4	0	1	0	1	1
Raul Ibanez RF	4	1	2	0	2	3
Joe Randa 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Michael Tucker DH	4	1	1	1	1	3
Brent Mayne C	3	0	0	0	0	0
Neifi Perez SS	3	0	0	0	1	0
Luis Ordaz 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	2	6	1	7	9

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jeff Suppan (L)	5.0	10	9	9	5	0
Scott Mullen	2.0	1	0	0	0	0
Ryan Bukvich	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Stein	1.0	0	0	0	2	1
Totals	9.0	11	9	9	7	1

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

10

Perez

RBI

42

Jr.

AVG

.321

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

9

Lugo

K

83

Ragans

ERA

1.72

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

60

14th

R

290

4th

SO

463

23rd

ERA

3.52

8th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	38	19	.667
Royals	35	24	.593	4.0
Twins	32	25	.561	6.0
Tigers	28	29	.491	10.0
White Sox	15	43	.259	23.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 6/1	SDP	@	KCR	4:10 PM
Sun 6/2	SDP	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Tue 6/4	KCR	@	CLE	6:40 PM
Wed 6/5	KCR	@	CLE	6:40 PM
Thu 6/6	KCR	@	CLE	1:10 PM

Last Game

Royals

35-24

8

Final

11

Padres

31-29

Fri 31 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

19

Judge

18

Henderson

18

Tucker

RBI Leaders

57

Ramírez

49

Ozuna

47

Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

.342

Arraez

.330

Profar

.326

Betts

Hit Leaders

82

Arraez

75

Betts

74

Contreras

Run Leaders

51

Jr.

46

Contreras

43

Schwarber

OBP Leaders

.424

Profar

.419

Betts

.412

Judge

SLG Leaders

.644

Judge

.607

Ohtani

.601

Ozuna

SB Leaders

32

Cruz

20

Caballero

19

Turang

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

9

Suárez

9

Lugo

8

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

95

Glasnow

90

Flaherty

87

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.72

Lugo

1.73

López

1.75

Suárez

WHIP Leaders

0.82

Suárez

0.82

Skubal

0.85

Sale

K/9 Leaders

12.02

Crochet

11.97

Flaherty

11.84

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

11.00

Eflin

9.50

Kirby

9.00

Flaherty

Walk Leaders

4

Eflin

6

Kirby

9

Sale

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

859.2

Jr.

830.3

Judge

828.2

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

657

Jr.

636

Ohtani

614

Judge

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