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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

1999-08-06 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 23471 · 87°F, cloudy · Wind 12 mph from RF · 3:39

Minnesota Twins defeated Kansas City Royals 9–8. Minnesota Twins put up 3 in the 6th. Travis Miller earned the win and Mike Trombley picked up the save. Ron Coomer went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	9	17
KCA	2	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	14

W: Travis Miller L: Scott Service SV: Mike Trombley

Umpires — HP: Fieldin Culbreth · 1B: Rocky Roe · 2B: Mike Everitt · 3B: Durwood Merrill · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jacque Jones	3	0	0	0	0	2
Cristian Guzman	5	2	3	0	0	0
Todd Walker	4	1	2	0	1	1
Ron Coomer	5	3	3	3	0	0
Corey Koskie	4	1	3	2	0	0
Chad Allen	5	1	3	1	0	1
Matt Lawton	3	0	1	1	2	0
Terry Steinbach	4	0	1	1	1	0
Doug Mientkiewicz	2	0	0	0	0	1
Marty Cordova	1	0	0	1	0	0
Torii Hunter	3	1	1	0	0	0
Denny Hocking	2	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	5	1	2	1	1	0
Carlos Febles	2	1	1	2	0	0
Carlos Beltran	6	1	1	1	0	3
Mike Sweeney	3	2	2	0	2	0
Jermaine Dye	3	1	1	1	2	0
Joe Randa	5	1	2	1	0	1
Chad Kreuter	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jeremy Giambi	5	0	3	1	0	2
Rey Sanchez	4	1	2	1	0	0
Jed Hansen	2	0	0	0	1	1
Scott Pose	0	0	0	0	1	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eric Milton	2.0	7	2	4
Dan Perkins	2.0	1	1	0
Benj Sampson	2.0	5	0	1
Travis Miller	1.0	1	0	0
Hector Carrasco	1.0	0	1	1
Mike Trombley	1.0	0	3	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dan Reichert	5.1	6	3	4
Alvin Morman	1.1	4	1	0
Ken Ray	0.0	1	0	0
Matt Whisenant	1.0	3	0	1
Scott Service	1.1	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jacque Jones: K
Cristian Guzman: S3/G34S
Todd Walker: W.1-2
Ron Coomer: 7/F78D.2-3
Corey Koskie: S9/G34.3-H;1-3
Chad Allen: K

Bot 1

Johnny Damon: S3/BG34S
Carlos Febles: HR/F7D.1-H
Carlos Beltran: K
Mike Sweeney: W
Jermaine Dye: 3/P3SF
Joe Randa: K

Top 2

Matt Lawton: W
Terry Steinbach: 3/P3F
Doug Mientkiewicz: 6(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 2

Chad Kreuter: K
Jeremy Giambi: K
Rey Sanchez: S5/BG25.B-2(E1)
Johnny Damon: S8/L78S.2-H(UR)
Carlos Febles: SB2
Carlos Febles: 4/P4

Top 3

Jacque Jones: K
Cristian Guzman: 43/G34
Todd Walker: S7/L6D
Ron Coomer: 54(1)/FO/G56

Bot 3

Carlos Beltran: HR/F8LXD
Mike Sweeney: S9/G34
Jermaine Dye: W.1-2
Joe Randa: D9/P89S.2-H;1-3
Chad Kreuter: 43/G4S
Jeremy Giambi: S7/P7S.3-H;2-3
Rey Sanchez: 9/SF/F9M.3-H
Johnny Damon: 53/G5S

Top 4

Corey Koskie: 31/G34S
Chad Allen: 4/P89S
Matt Lawton: 63/G6

Bot 4

Carlos Febles: HP
Carlos Beltran: SB2
Carlos Beltran: 3/L3
Mike Sweeney: W
Jermaine Dye: 6(1)/FO/G6M.2-3
Joe Randa: 8/F8RXD

Top 5

Terry Steinbach: W
Doug Mientkiewicz: K
Jacque Jones: 3/G3.1-2
Cristian Guzman: 9/F89D

Bot 5

Chad Kreuter: 63/G6
Jeremy Giambi: S4/G4M
Rey Sanchez: S8/L89S.1-3
Johnny Damon: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 6

Todd Walker: D8/L8RM
Ron Coomer: S7/G56.2-3
Corey Koskie: 8/SF/F8RD.3-H
Chad Allen: S7/G56.1-2
Matt Lawton: WP.2-3;1-2
Matt Lawton: W
Terry Steinbach: S9/L9M.3-H;2-3;1-2
Marty Cordova: 43/G34.3-H;2-3;1-2
Torii Hunter: 63/G6S

Bot 6

Jed Hansen: K
Carlos Beltran: 53/G56S
Mike Sweeney: D8/F78S
Jermaine Dye: S8/L4MD.2-H
Joe Randa: D7/G5.1-3
Chad Kreuter: 13/G15

Top 7

Cristian Guzman: S8/G4M
Todd Walker: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Ron Coomer: HR/F7D
Corey Koskie: S7/G56
Chad Allen: S7/G56.1-2
Matt Lawton: S8/L4MD.2-H;1-3
Terry Steinbach: 8/F8LXD

Bot 7

Jeremy Giambi: S7/L7M
Rey Sanchez: 54(1)/FO/G56S
Johnny Damon: 46(1)/FO/G4M
Jed Hansen: 3/L3S

Top 8

Denny Hocking: 7/L78D
Torii Hunter: S7/G56
Cristian Guzman: S8/L8RS.1-3
Todd Walker: K+SB2
Ron Coomer: S8/L4MD.3-H;2-H
Corey Koskie: S8/G4MD.1-2
Chad Allen: S8/L8RS.2-H;1-3
Matt Lawton: 9/F9S

Bot 8

Carlos Beltran: K
Mike Sweeney: 63/G6
Jermaine Dye: W
Joe Randa: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 9

Terry Steinbach: 7/L78D
Denny Hocking: 8/F8LXD
Torii Hunter: 8/F8LD

Bot 9

Scott Pose: W
Jeremy Giambi: K+SB2
Rey Sanchez: 53/G56
Johnny Damon: IW
Jed Hansen: W.2-3;1-2
Carlos Beltran: K