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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

2001-04-06 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 40150 · 73°F, cloudy · Wind 15 mph to CF · 2:54

Minnesota Twins defeated Kansas City Royals 6–2. Minnesota Twins put up 3 in the 5th. Joe Mays earned the win. Corey Koskie 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	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	6	11
KCA	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5

W: Joe Mays L: Brian Meadows SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Joyce · 1B: Terry Craft · 2B: Bill Miller · 3B: Rob Drake · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cristian Guzman	5	1	1	0	0	0
Denny Hocking	4	1	1	1	1	0
Matt Lawton	4	2	1	0	1	0
Corey Koskie	4	1	2	2	0	1
David Ortiz	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jason Maxwell	4	0	2	2	0	0
Jacque Jones	4	0	1	0	0	0
Doug Mientkiewicz	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tom Prince	4	1	1	1	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Alicea	4	0	0	0	0	2
Carlos Beltran	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Sweeney	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jermaine Dye	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Randa	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Quinn	4	1	1	1	0	1
Dee Brown	3	1	1	0	0	1
Hector Ortiz	2	0	0	0	1	0
Rey Sanchez	3	0	1	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Mays	7.0	5	1	4
Hector Carrasco	2.0	0	0	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brian Meadows	4.0	8	0	1
Tony Cogan	0.2	0	1	1
Doug Henry	2.1	2	1	2
Jose Santiago	2.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cristian Guzman: 43/G4
Denny Hocking: E7/L7D+.B-2
Matt Lawton: 13/G15+
Corey Koskie: 43/G34

Bot 1

Luis Alicea: 43/G4-
Carlos Beltran: 63/G6
Mike Sweeney: K

Top 2

David Ortiz: S9/L34-
Jason Maxwell: 8/F8LD-
Jacque Jones: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 2

Jermaine Dye: 43/G4
Joe Randa: 8/P4MD-
Mark Quinn: 13/G6MS-

Top 3

Doug Mientkiewicz: K/C
Tom Prince: HR/F7D+
Cristian Guzman: 8/F8RXD
Denny Hocking: 8/F78D

Bot 3

Dee Brown: K
Hector Ortiz: W
Rey Sanchez: 8/F8LXD+
Luis Alicea: 46(1)/FO/G4M-

Top 4

Matt Lawton: S9/L9S+
Corey Koskie: HR/F89D+.1-H
David Ortiz: 8/F8RD
Jason Maxwell: S7/G56-
Jacque Jones: S8/L4M+.1-2
Doug Mientkiewicz: 5/FL/P5F-
Tom Prince: 6/P5D

Bot 4

Carlos Beltran: K/C
Mike Sweeney: 7/F78D
Jermaine Dye: S7/G56+
Joe Randa: 5/L5

Top 5

Cristian Guzman: T9/L9LS+
Denny Hocking: D9/G3-.3-H
Matt Lawton: W
Corey Koskie: K
David Ortiz: 6/P6
Jason Maxwell: D/L89XD+.2-H;1-H
Jacque Jones: 43/G34-

Bot 5

Mark Quinn: HR/L7D+
Dee Brown: D/F8RXD+
Hector Ortiz: 31/G34+.2-3
Rey Sanchez: S8/L8RS+.3-H
Luis Alicea: K
Carlos Beltran: S/G6+.1-2
Mike Sweeney: 63/G56

Top 6

Doug Mientkiewicz: 9/F89M-
Tom Prince: K/C
Cristian Guzman: 43/G4-

Bot 6

Jermaine Dye: 8/F8RXD
Joe Randa: 7/F7D
Mark Quinn: 53/G5-

Top 7

Denny Hocking: W
Matt Lawton: 16(1)3/GDP/G13
Corey Koskie: S9/L9M
David Ortiz: K/C

Bot 7

Dee Brown: 9/F89M
Hector Ortiz: 9/F89D
Rey Sanchez: 43/G4

Top 8

Jason Maxwell: 63/G6
Jacque Jones: 63/G6
Doug Mientkiewicz: S9/G34-
Tom Prince: 6(1)/FO/G6

Bot 8

Luis Alicea: K
Carlos Beltran: 43/G4-
Mike Sweeney: 8/F8RD

Top 9

Cristian Guzman: 43/G4
Denny Hocking: 43/G34-
Matt Lawton: 43/G4

Bot 9

Jermaine Dye: 8/L8LXD+
Joe Randa: 9/F9D-
Mark Quinn: K