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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

1996-09-16 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 16843 · 68°F, night, dry · Wind to CF · 2:43

Kansas City Royals defeated Minnesota Twins 6–5. Kansas City Royals put up 5 in the 6th. Jose Rosado earned the win and Jaime Bluma picked up the save. Keith Lockhart went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	12
KCA	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0		6	11

W: Jose Rosado L: Brad Radke SV: Jaime Bluma

Umpires — HP: Jim Evans · 1B: Larry McCoy · 2B: Dale Ford · 3B: Chuck Meriwether · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Knoblauch	5	1	1	0	0	1
Rich Becker	5	0	2	1	0	2
Paul Molitor	4	1	3	1	0	0
Marty Cordova	5	0	1	1	0	2
Roberto Kelly	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ron Coomer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Walbeck	4	1	1	0	0	0
Pat Meares	2	1	1	2	0	0
Todd Walker	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Reboulet	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Lawton	1	1	1	0	0	0
Chip Hale	1	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Offerman	4	1	2	0	0	0
Rod Myers	3	1	1	1	1	0
Keith Lockhart	4	1	1	2	0	0
Bip Roberts	4	0	2	0	0	0
Craig Paquette	3	1	2	0	0	0
Jon Nunnally	4	1	1	1	0	1
Mike Sweeney	3	0	1	1	0	1
Chris Stynes	3	0	1	0	0	0
David Howard	2	0	0	1	0	0
Henry Mercedes	1	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brad Radke	6.0	9	1	2
Dave Stevens	2.0	2	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Rosado	6.2	7	1	5
Bob Scanlan	1.1	2	0	0
Jaime Bluma	1.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chuck Knoblauch: K
Rich Becker: K
Paul Molitor: S9/L9S
Marty Cordova: WP.1-2
Marty Cordova: S7/G56.2-H
Roberto Kelly: 9/F9LS

Bot 1

Jose Offerman: 63/G6S
Rod Myers: 9/F9M
Keith Lockhart: 9/F9S

Top 2

Ron Coomer: 7/F7M
Matt Walbeck: S7/L7S
Pat Meares: HR/F78D.1-H
Todd Walker: K
Chuck Knoblauch: D9/L89D
Rich Becker: 43/G34D

Bot 2

Bip Roberts: S7/L56D
Craig Paquette: 4(1)3/GDP/G4M
Jon Nunnally: 7/F78D

Top 3

Paul Molitor: 9/F89M
Marty Cordova: K
Roberto Kelly: W
Ron Coomer: 8/L8LD

Bot 3

Mike Sweeney: 8/F89D
Chris Stynes: 43/G4MS
David Howard: 43/G34D

Top 4

Matt Walbeck: 8/F89D
Pat Meares: HP
Todd Walker: 5/P5F
Chuck Knoblauch: 9/L9S

Bot 4

Jose Offerman: 9/F89D
Rod Myers: W
Keith Lockhart: 8/F89S
Bip Roberts: 43/G4M

Top 5

Rich Becker: K
Paul Molitor: T8/F89D
Marty Cordova: 3/P3F
Roberto Kelly: 13/G1

Bot 5

Craig Paquette: S6/G56D
Jon Nunnally: K
Mike Sweeney: K
Chris Stynes: 53/G5

Top 6

Ron Coomer: 53/G5
Matt Walbeck: 63/G6M
Pat Meares: 63/G6

Bot 6

David Howard: 6/P6
Jose Offerman: D9/L89M
Rod Myers: DGR/F9LD.2-H
Keith Lockhart: HR/F9D.2-H
Bip Roberts: 43/G4
Craig Paquette: S8/L6MD
Jon Nunnally: T9/L3D.1-H
Mike Sweeney: S5/G5L.3-H
Chris Stynes: CS2(24)

Top 7

Jeff Reboulet: 43/G4
Chuck Knoblauch: 9/F9S
Rich Becker: S7/L7LS
Paul Molitor: S9/G34.1-2
Marty Cordova: 46(1)/FO/G4M

Bot 7

Chris Stynes: D7/G5L
David Howard: PO2(E2).2-3
David Howard: 9/SF/F9M.3-H
Jose Offerman: S7/L6D
Rod Myers: 6/P5D
Keith Lockhart: 4/L4

Top 8

Roberto Kelly: S3/P3D
Ron Coomer: 4/L4
Matt Walbeck: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 8

Bip Roberts: S8/L8RS
Craig Paquette: 13/SH/BG13.1-2
Jon Nunnally: 7/F7LM
Henry Mercedes: 8/F8LM

Top 9

Matt Lawton: S8/G4M
Chip Hale: S7/L78S.1-2
Chuck Knoblauch: 16(1)/FO/G1.2-3
Rich Becker: S9/L89S.3-H;1-3
Paul Molitor: 8/SF/F8LM.3-H
Marty Cordova: SB2
Marty Cordova: K