The Kansas City Royals got schooled 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

8

Perez

RBI

36

Perez

AVG

.333

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

7

Lugo

K

64

Ragans

ERA

1.79

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

44

16th

R

213

10th

SO

373

22nd

ERA

3.42

9th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	29	17	.630
Royals	28	19	.596	1.5
Twins	24	21	.533	4.5
Tigers	23	22	.511	5.5
White Sox	14	32	.304	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 5/19	OAK	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Mon 5/20	DET	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Tue 5/21	DET	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Wed 5/22	DET	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Fri 5/24	KCR	@	TBR	6:50 PM

Last Game

Royals

28-19

5

Final

3

Athletics

19-29

Sat 18 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

14

Henderson

13

Tucker

13

Ohtani

RBI Leaders

41

Ramírez

41

Ozuna

37

Contreras

Batting Average Leaders

.353

Kwan

.350

Contreras

.350

Ohtani

Hit Leaders

64

Ohtani

63

Betts

62

Contreras

Run Leaders

41

Jr.

40

Contreras

40

Betts

OBP Leaders

.440

Betts

.426

Contreras

.418

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.661

Ohtani

.609

Ozuna

.593

Tucker

SB Leaders

30

Cruz

17

Turang

17

Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

8

Suárez

7

Lugo

6

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

81

Glasnow

72

Flaherty

71

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.84

Imanaga

1.37

Suárez

1.49

Assad

WHIP Leaders

0.76

Suárez

0.78

Skubal

0.78

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.19

Crochet

11.85

Flaherty

11.76

Glasnow

K/BB Leaders

11.00

Eflin

10.20

Kirby

9.00

Jones

Walk Leaders

4

Eflin

5

Kirby

7

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

725.2

Ohtani

688.5

Betts

684

Cruz

DraftKings Points Leaders

557

Ohtani

527

Cruz

526

Betts

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