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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

1999-08-08 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 15595 · 90°F, cloudy · Wind 6 mph from CF · 3:09

Minnesota Twins defeated Kansas City Royals 7–3. Minnesota Twins put up 5 in the 7th. LaTroy Hawkins earned the win and Hector Carrasco picked up the save. Chad Allen went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: LaTroy Hawkins L: Brad Rigby SV: Hector Carrasco

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

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Todd Walker	4	0	1	1	1	0
Brent Gates	4	0	0	1	0	1
Matt Lawton	4	1	2	2	1	0
Ron Coomer	3	0	0	0	2	0
Corey Koskie	2	1	0	0	1	0
Chad Allen	4	2	2	2	0	0
Jacque Jones	4	1	3	0	0	0
Javier Valentin	3	1	2	0	1	0
Cristian Guzman	4	1	1	0	0	1
Marty Cordova	1	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Hocking	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

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

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
LaTroy Hawkins	6.0	6	1	2
Eddie Guardado	1.2	1	2	1
Hector Carrasco	1.1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Blake Stein	6.0	3	5	2
Brad Rigby	0.2	5	0	0
Alvin Morman	1.1	2	0	0
Matt Whisenant	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Todd Walker: 43/G4
Brent Gates: K
Matt Lawton: 7/F7M

Bot 1

Johnny Damon: 3/G3
Rey Sanchez: 9/L9LM
Carlos Beltran: 8/F8LXD

Top 2

Ron Coomer: W
Corey Koskie: 7/F78M
Chad Allen: 16(1)/FO/G13
Jacque Jones: 9/F9S

Bot 2

Mike Sweeney: S5/G56
Jermaine Dye: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Joe Randa: S9/G34
Jeremy Giambi: 8/F8LXD

Top 3

Javier Valentin: W
Cristian Guzman: 3(B)6(1)/GDP/G3
Todd Walker: 8/F8LXD

Bot 3

Chad Kreuter: 7/F7LMF
Ray Holbert: 63/G6S
Johnny Damon: 13/G13

Top 4

Brent Gates: 43/G4
Matt Lawton: 31/G34S
Ron Coomer: 8/F8RXD

Bot 4

Rey Sanchez: 8/F8LXD
Carlos Beltran: S8/L8RM
Mike Sweeney: S7/L7S.1-2
Jermaine Dye: 3/P23F
Joe Randa: 3/P13

Top 5

Corey Koskie: 9/F89S
Chad Allen: 7/F78D
Jacque Jones: S9/L34
Javier Valentin: S8/L8RS.1-3
Cristian Guzman: K

Bot 5

Jeremy Giambi: W
Chad Kreuter: K
Ray Holbert: S9/L9S.1-3;B-2(E9)
Johnny Damon: 6/L6
Rey Sanchez: S9/L9LS.3-H;2-H(UR)
Carlos Beltran: 3/L3S

Top 6

Todd Walker: W
Brent Gates: 43/G4S.1-2
Matt Lawton: W
Ron Coomer: 9(B)6(2)/LDP/L89D

Bot 6

Mike Sweeney: 9/F89XD
Jermaine Dye: 8/F8RXD
Joe Randa: K

Top 7

Corey Koskie: W
Chad Allen: HR/L7LD.1-H
Jacque Jones: S9/G34
Javier Valentin: S9/L89M.1-2
Cristian Guzman: S6/BG6MS.2-3;1-2
Todd Walker: S9/L89M.3-H;2-3;1-2
Brent Gates: 7/SF/F7D.3-H;2-3
Matt Lawton: S9/L34.3-H;1-2
Ron Coomer: 9/F9D.2-3
Marty Cordova: 54(1)/FO/G56

Bot 7

Jeremy Giambi: W
Chad Kreuter: 9/F89D
Ray Holbert: 54(1)/FO/G56
Johnny Damon: K

Top 8

Chad Allen: S9/L34D
Jacque Jones: S3/BG34S.1-2
Javier Valentin: 64(1)/FO/G6.2-H(NR)(E4)
Cristian Guzman: 46(1)/FO/G4
Todd Walker: 43/G4

Bot 8

Rey Sanchez: W
Carlos Beltran: 8/F8LM
Mike Sweeney: 9/F9LDF
Jermaine Dye: T9/F9D.1-H
Joe Randa: 8/F8LXD

Top 9

Brent Gates: 8/F8RXD
Matt Lawton: HR/F89D
Ron Coomer: W
Denny Hocking: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 9

Jeremy Giambi: 7/F7LM
Chad Kreuter: 31/G34
Scott Pose: 3/G34S