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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

1999-05-10 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 9636 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:40

Kansas City Royals defeated Minnesota Twins 8–4. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 5th. Jay Witasick earned the win. Johnny Damon went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jay Witasick L: LaTroy Hawkins SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Barnett · 1B: Greg Kosc · 2B: Dan Morrison · 3B: Ed Hickox · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carlos Beltran	5	1	3	1	0	1
Joe Randa	4	3	0	0	1	1
Johnny Damon	5	2	4	3	0	0
Jeff King	5	0	2	2	0	0
Mike Sweeney	5	0	1	0	0	1
Larry Sutton	4	1	1	0	0	0
Chad Kreuter	4	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Febles	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rey Sanchez	4	1	3	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

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

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jay Witasick	6.2	5	1	3
Scott Service	1.0	2	0	1
Matt Whisenant	0.1	0	0	0
Jose Santiago	1.0	1	1	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
LaTroy Hawkins	6.2	10	1	1
Joe Mays	2.1	4	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carlos Beltran: K
Joe Randa: 8/F89M
Johnny Damon: S8/L4D
Jeff King: 64(1)/FO/G6S

Bot 1

Chad Allen: 63/G6S
Todd Walker: 3/G3
Ron Coomer: D8/F89D
Matt Lawton: 8/F8RM

Top 2

Mike Sweeney: S9/L34D
Larry Sutton: 5(B)3(1)/LDP/L56S
Chad Kreuter: 7/F7S

Bot 2

Marty Cordova: 53/G5
Doug Mientkiewicz: W
Terry Steinbach: 8/F8LM
Torii Hunter: 53/G56S

Top 3

Carlos Febles: 53/G6S
Rey Sanchez: S9/G34
Carlos Beltran: 36(1)/FO/G34S
Joe Randa: W.1-2
Johnny Damon: S9/P4D.2-H;1-3
Jeff King: SBH;SB2.3-H(NR)
Jeff King: 4/P4D

Bot 3

Cristian Guzman: K
Chad Allen: 3/G34S
Todd Walker: 8/F8LXD

Top 4

Mike Sweeney: 63/G6
Larry Sutton: 8/F8RXD
Chad Kreuter: 8/F78M

Bot 4

Ron Coomer: 53/G5
Matt Lawton: 43/G4
Marty Cordova: K

Top 5

Carlos Febles: 43/G4
Rey Sanchez: S7/G6
Carlos Beltran: SB2
Carlos Beltran: S8/G6M.2-H
Joe Randa: 54(1)/FO/G56
Johnny Damon: S9/G4.1-2
Jeff King: D8/F78M.2-H;1-H
Mike Sweeney: 9/F9LDF

Bot 5

Doug Mientkiewicz: 7/P7LS
Terry Steinbach: 8/F8RXD
Torii Hunter: K

Top 6

Larry Sutton: 6/P6
Chad Kreuter: 7/F78D
Carlos Febles: 43/G4S

Bot 6

Cristian Guzman: S5/BG25
Chad Allen: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S
Todd Walker: 3/G3

Top 7

Rey Sanchez: 9/P89S
Carlos Beltran: D9/L9M
Joe Randa: FC6/G6S.2X3(65);B-1
Johnny Damon: HR/F9LD.1-H
Jeff King: S9/G34
Mike Sweeney: K

Bot 7

Ron Coomer: 7/F78D
Matt Lawton: D8/F8RXD
Marty Cordova: HR/F78XD.2-H
Doug Mientkiewicz: 7/F7D
Terry Steinbach: HR/F78D
Torii Hunter: K

Top 8

Larry Sutton: D9/G3
Chad Kreuter: 43/G4S.2-3
Carlos Febles: K
Rey Sanchez: S7/G6.3-H
Carlos Beltran: S8/G6M.1-3
Joe Randa: K

Bot 8

Denny Hocking: 8/F8LXD
Chad Allen: 63/G6
Todd Walker: S8/L8RS
Ron Coomer: D7/G5.1-3
Matt Lawton: 43/G4

Top 9

Johnny Damon: 4/P4D
Jeff King: 63/G6
Mike Sweeney: 9/P9LSF

Bot 9

Marty Cordova: W
Doug Mientkiewicz: 43/G34.1-2
Terry Steinbach: S8/G6M.2-H
Brent Gates: 64(1)/FO/G4M
Denny Hocking: 31/G3L