The Minnesota Twins came up just a bit short against the Kansas City Royals, 8 to 7, on August 6, 1998.

Final

Royals

52-61

8

Twins

51-61

7

KCR

MIN

1

0

2

4

1

3

1

3

4

0

5

0

1

6

0

7

0

8

1

2

9

2

0

R

8

7

H

11

12

E

2

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

KCR

MIN

Double by Jeff King; Dean Palmer scored.

1

0

Double by Mike Sweeney; Jeff King, Scott Leius, and Hal Morris scored.

4

0

Bottom 2nd

KCR

MIN

Single by Alex Ochoa; Ron Coomer scored.

4

1

Top 3rd

KCR

MIN

Home run by Jose Offerman.

5

1

Bottom 3rd

KCR

MIN

Triple by Paul Molitor; Brent Gates scored.

5

2

Sacrifice fly by Ron Coomer; Paul Molitor scored.

5

3

Home run by Marty Cordova.

5

4

Bottom 5th

KCR

MIN

Todd Walker ground ball; Error by Jose Offerman; Ron Coomer scored.

5

Top 8th

KCR

MIN

Sacrifice fly by Terry Pendleton; Scott Leius scored.

6

5

Bottom 8th

KCR

MIN

Single by Marty Cordova; Error by Johnny Damon; Pat Meares and Paul Molitor scored.

6

7

Top 9th

KCR

MIN

Home run by Jeff King; Dean Palmer scored.

8

7

Royals

Twins

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Johnny Damon RF,LF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jermaine Allensworth CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Offerman 2B	5	1	2	1	1	0	1	5
Dean Palmer DH	3	2	2	0	0	2	0	3
Jeff King 1B	5	2	3	3	1	0	1	8
Scott Leius 3B,SS	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	2
Hal Morris LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Larry Sutton RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Sweeney C	3	0	1	3	0	1	0	2
Luis Rivera SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Pendleton PH,3B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mendy Lopez SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	37	8	11	8	2	4	3	21

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Jose Rosado	4.1	7	5	4	3	3	1
Ricky Bones	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0
Matt Whisenant	1.1	2	1	1	1	0	0
Scott Service (W)	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0
Jeff Montgomery (S)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	12	7	6	7	5	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Pat Meares SS	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Brent Gates 3B	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Molitor DH	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
Ron Coomer 1B	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	5
David Ortiz PH,1B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Marty Cordova LF	2	1	2	3	1	3	0	0	5
Todd Walker 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Chris Latham CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Ochoa CF	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Matt Lawton PH,CF,RF	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Javier Valentin C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Hocking RF,2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Terry Steinbach PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	37	7	12	6	1	7	5	1	19

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dan Serafini	2.0	6	5	5	1	0	1
Hector Carrasco	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Trombley	1.0	3	1	1	2	1	0
Eddie Guardado	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Aguilera (L)	1.1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Totals	9.0	11	8	8	4	3	2

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More Twins Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

10

Jeffers

RBI

33

Jeffers

AVG

.301

Kepler

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Ober

K

69

López

ERA

2.57

Richardson

Team Rankings

HR

56

12th

R

230

15th

SO

480

3rd

ERA

4.15

19th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	36	17	.679
Royals	34	20	.630	2.5
Twins	28	24	.538	7.5
Tigers	26	27	.491	10.0
White Sox	15	39	.278	21.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 5/27	KCR	@	MIN	2:10 PM
Tue 5/28	KCR	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Wed 5/29	KCR	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Thu 5/30	KCR	@	MIN	1:10 PM
Fri 5/31	MIN	@	HOU	8:10 PM

Last Game

Twins

28-24

2

Final

6

Rangers

25-29

Sun 26 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

18

Tucker

17

Henderson

17

Judge

RBI Leaders

52

Ramírez

47

Bohm

47

Ozuna

Batting Average Leaders

.336

Ohtani

.335

Betts

.335

Arraez

Hit Leaders

75

Arraez

71

Ohtani

71

Betts

Run Leaders

48

Jr.

43

Contreras

41

Schwarber

OBP Leaders

.431

Betts

.416

Profar

.410

Judge

SLG Leaders

.629

Judge

.624

Tucker

.621

Ohtani

SB Leaders

31

Cruz

19

Turang

19

Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

9

Suárez

8

Sale

8

Lugo

Strikeout Leaders

87

Glasnow

85

Crochet

82

Cease

ERA Leaders

0.84

Imanaga

1.70

Assad

1.74

Lugo

WHIP Leaders

0.82

Suárez

0.85

Sale

0.85

Skubal

K/9 Leaders

12.02

Crochet

11.95

Flaherty

11.69

Glasnow

K/BB Leaders

11.00

Eflin

9.50

Kirby

9.00

Flaherty

Walk Leaders

4

Eflin

6

Kirby

9

Imanaga

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

798.6

Jr.

796.5

Ohtani

792.1

Tucker

DraftKings Points Leaders

613

Ohtani

610

Jr.

590

Tucker

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