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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

1999-08-27 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 11176 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:43

Minnesota Twins defeated Kansas City Royals 4–1. Minnesota Twins put up 3 in the 2nd. Eric Milton earned the win and Mike Trombley picked up the save. Marty Cordova went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7
MIN	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1		4	10

W: Eric Milton L: Jose Rosado SV: Mike Trombley

Umpires — HP: Derryl Cousins · 1B: Dale Scott · 2B: John Shulock · 3B: Joe Brinkman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	4	0	2	0	0	1
Ray Holbert	4	1	3	0	0	1
Carlos Beltran	4	0	1	0	0	3
Mike Sweeney	4	0	0	1	0	0
Jermaine Dye	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Randa	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jeremy Giambi	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tim Spehr	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jed Hansen	3	0	1	0	0	2

Minnesota Twins — batting

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

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Rosado	7.0	9	1	1
Scott Service	1.0	1	0	2

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eric Milton	8.0	5	0	11
Bob Wells	0.1	2	0	0
Mike Trombley	0.2	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Damon: K
Ray Holbert: K
Carlos Beltran: K

Bot 1

Denny Hocking: S9/L3D
Cristian Guzman: 54(1)/FO/G5
Marty Cordova: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 2

Mike Sweeney: 9/F9M
Jermaine Dye: 2/P2RF
Joe Randa: 63/G6

Bot 2

Ron Coomer: S7/L7LS
Chad Allen: 9/F9S
Terry Steinbach: D7/L7LM.1-3
Matt Lawton: W
Brent Gates: S8/F8LS.3-H;2-3;1-2
Torii Hunter: 64(1)/FO/G6.3-H;2-3
Denny Hocking: S9/L34D.3-H;1-3
Cristian Guzman: 53/G5

Top 3

Jeremy Giambi: 7/F78D
Tim Spehr: 53/G5
Jed Hansen: K

Bot 3

Marty Cordova: 63/G6
Ron Coomer: K
Chad Allen: 9/P9S

Top 4

Johnny Damon: S8/L4D
Ray Holbert: S9/L34D.1-2
Carlos Beltran: K
Mike Sweeney: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 4

Terry Steinbach: 63/G6S
Matt Lawton: 7/F7LDF
Brent Gates: 7/F78D

Top 5

Jermaine Dye: 9/F9M
Joe Randa: K
Jeremy Giambi: K

Bot 5

Torii Hunter: 43/G4
Denny Hocking: HP
Cristian Guzman: POCS2(136)
Cristian Guzman: D8/F78XD
Marty Cordova: 7/F7LD

Top 6

Tim Spehr: 63/G6
Jed Hansen: S8/L8RS
Johnny Damon: S7/L7S.1-2
Ray Holbert: S9/L9S.2-3;1-2
Carlos Beltran: K
Mike Sweeney: 13/G13

Bot 6

Ron Coomer: 9/F9LS
Chad Allen: 3/P3DF
Terry Steinbach: 163/G15

Top 7

Jermaine Dye: 9/F9LS
Joe Randa: 3/G3
Jeremy Giambi: K

Bot 7

Matt Lawton: S7/L6D
Brent Gates: 4(B)3(1)/LDP/L4
Torii Hunter: S8/L8RS
Denny Hocking: SB2
Denny Hocking: S6/G6MS.2-3
Cristian Guzman: 13/G13

Top 8

Tim Spehr: K
Jed Hansen: K
Johnny Damon: 7/P7S

Bot 8

Marty Cordova: HR/F7D
Ron Coomer: K
Chad Allen: 63/G6
Terry Steinbach: K

Top 9

Ray Holbert: S7/L78S
Carlos Beltran: S8/G4M.1-3
Mike Sweeney: 54(1)/FO/G5L.3-H
Jermaine Dye: 9/F9S
Joe Randa: W.1-2
Jeremy Giambi: 43/G34S