The Minnesota Twins were defeated by the Kansas City Royals, 9 to 5, on April 3, 1998.

Final

Royals

2-2

9

Twins

1-2

5

KCR

MIN

1

0

2

0

2

3

0

2

4

1

0

5

4

0

6

1

7

0

8

3

0

9

0

R

9

5

H

15

10

E

0

2

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 2nd

KCR

MIN

Double by Alex Ochoa; Marty Cordova scored.

0

1

Single by Ron Coomer; Alex Ochoa scored.

0

2

Bottom 3rd

KCR

MIN

Double by Marty Cordova; Paul Molitor scored.

0

3

Single by David Ortiz; Marty Cordova scored.

0

4

Top 4th

KCR

MIN

Home run by Dean Palmer.

1

4

Top 5th

KCR

MIN

Jeff King ground ball; Error by Ron Coomer; Johnny Damon scored.

2

4

Double by Terry Pendleton; Jose Offerman scored.

3

4

Single by Dean Palmer; Jeff King scored.

4

Sacrifice fly by Larry Sutton; Terry Pendleton scored.

5

4

Top 6th

KCR

MIN

Double by Jose Offerman; Johnny Damon scored.

6

4

Bottom 6th

KCR

MIN

Home run by David Ortiz.

6

5

Top 8th

KCR

MIN

Single by Jeff King; Johnny Damon and Jose Offerman scored.

8

5

Terry Pendleton grounded out; Ernie Young scored.

9

5

Royals

Twins

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Johnny Damon CF	5	3	3	0	0	1	2	1	4
Jose Offerman 2B	6	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	5
Hal Morris LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Ernie Young PR,RF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff King 1B	5	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	1
Terry Pendleton DH	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	3
Dean Palmer 3B	5	1	4	2	1	0	1	1	7
Larry Sutton RF,LF	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Sweeney C	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1
Felix Martinez SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Totals	42	9	15	9	1	4	9	3	22

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Chris Haney (W)	5.1	7	5	5	2	2	1
Scott Service	1.2	3	0	0	0	2	0
Matt Whisenant	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Brian Bevil	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Totals	9.0	10	5	5	2	7	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Otis Nixon CF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Meares SS	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	3
Paul Molitor DH	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Marty Cordova LF	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	2
Alex Ochoa RF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	4
David Ortiz 1B	4	1	2	2	1	0	1	5
Ron Coomer 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Terry Steinbach C	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
Brent Gates 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Totals	36	5	10	5	1	2	7	17

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Brad Radke (L)	5.0	6	5	3	3	5	1
Greg Swindell	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0
Frankie Rodriguez	0.1	3	3	3	1	1	0
Eddie Guardado	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Ritchie	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Totals	9.0	15	9	7	4	9	1

Explore

More Twins Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

10

Jeffers

RBI

31

Jeffers

AVG

.305

Kepler

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Paddack

K

58

Ryan

ERA

2.97

Richardson

Team Rankings

HR

46

15th

R

202

13th

SO

427

2nd

ERA

4.16

19th

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	MIN	@	CLE	1:40 PM
Mon 5/20	MIN	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Tue 5/21	MIN	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Wed 5/22	MIN	@	WSH	1:05 PM
Fri 5/24	TEX	@	MIN	8:10 PM

Last Game

Guardians

29-17

11

Final

4

Twins

24-21

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