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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

1997-04-04 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 16588 · dome, dry · 2:37

Kansas City Royals defeated Minnesota Twins 2–1. Kansas City Royals put up 2 in the 1st. Tim Belcher earned the win and Hipolito Pichardo picked up the save. Marty Cordova went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tim Belcher L: Bob Tewksbury SV: Hipolito Pichardo

Umpires — HP: John Hirschbeck · 1B: Jim Joyce · 2B: Jim McKean · 3B: Ted Hendry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Offerman	3	1	0	0	1	1
Tom Goodwin	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bip Roberts	4	0	2	1	0	1
Jeff King	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Bell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Vitiello	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jermaine Dye	3	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Paquette	3	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Sweeney	3	0	2	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Knoblauch	3	0	0	0	2	0
Rich Becker	4	0	0	0	1	2
Paul Molitor	4	0	1	0	0	0
Marty Cordova	4	1	2	1	0	1
Matt Lawton	4	0	2	0	0	1
Terry Steinbach	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brent Brede	3	0	0	0	1	0
Pat Meares	4	0	2	0	0	1
Todd Walker	4	0	1	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tim Belcher	7.2	7	4	6
Hipolito Pichardo	1.1	1	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Tewksbury	8.0	7	1	3
Gregg Olson	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jose Offerman: W
Tom Goodwin: S78/L7LM/R5.1-H(E7)(NR);B-3
Bip Roberts: S8/G4M/R6.3-H(UR)
Jeff King: 4/P34D
Jay Bell: 9/F9S
Joe Vitiello: 9/F9D

Bot 1

Chuck Knoblauch: 8/F8RD
Rich Becker: W
Paul Molitor: 64(1)/FO/G6
Marty Cordova: K

Top 2

Jermaine Dye: 3/G3
Craig Paquette: 53/G5
Mike Sweeney: S7/L78S.BX2(84)

Bot 2

Matt Lawton: 63/G6M
Terry Steinbach: 9/F89D
Brent Brede: 8/F8RXD

Top 3

Jose Offerman: 63/G6
Tom Goodwin: 43/G34
Bip Roberts: S8/L4MD/R4
Jeff King: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 3

Pat Meares: 63/G6
Todd Walker: 5/P5D
Chuck Knoblauch: W
Rich Becker: K

Top 4

Jay Bell: 6/P7S
Joe Vitiello: S7/L56/R4
Jermaine Dye: 16(1)3/GDP/G13

Bot 4

Paul Molitor: 53/G5
Marty Cordova: D9/F89D/R4
Matt Lawton: K
Terry Steinbach: FLE9/F9LMF
Terry Steinbach: K

Top 5

Craig Paquette: K
Mike Sweeney: S8/L8RS/R4
Jose Offerman: K
Tom Goodwin: SB2
Tom Goodwin: 63/G6

Bot 5

Brent Brede: 43/G34D
Pat Meares: D8/F78S/R4
Todd Walker: K
Chuck Knoblauch: 3/G3

Top 6

Bip Roberts: 63/G6M
Jeff King: 3/P3F
Jay Bell: 9/F9D

Bot 6

Rich Becker: 63/G6M
Paul Molitor: S6/G6/R4
Marty Cordova: 46(1)/FO/G4
Matt Lawton: S8/G4M/R4.1-3
Terry Steinbach: 9/F9M

Top 7

Joe Vitiello: 8/F89XD
Jermaine Dye: 9/F9LD
Craig Paquette: 53/G5

Bot 7

Brent Brede: 13/G13
Pat Meares: S7/L6D/R6
Todd Walker: 43/G4.1-2
Chuck Knoblauch: W
Rich Becker: K

Top 8

Mike Sweeney: 43/G34
Jose Offerman: 6/P56D
Tom Goodwin: S6/G6
Bip Roberts: SB2/R4
Bip Roberts: K

Bot 8

Paul Molitor: 3/P3DF
Marty Cordova: HR/F9D
Matt Lawton: D9/F89XDW/R6
Terry Steinbach: 63/G6M.2-3
Brent Brede: W
Pat Meares: K

Top 9

Jeff King: 63/G56
Jay Bell: 43/G4
Joe Vitiello: 63/G6M

Bot 9

Todd Walker: S9/G3/R4
Chuck Knoblauch: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Rich Becker: 63/G6M