Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals - Sep 18, 1995

MIN

48-82

68-63

FINAL

Kauffman Stadium

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	7	13	1
KC	2	2	3	5	0	0	4	0	X	16	20	1

WIN

Mark Gubicza

5.0 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 4 K, 4 BB

LOSS

Jose Parra

2.2 IP, 9 H, 7 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

SAVE

Rusty Meacham

4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

Box Score

MIN BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
1C. Knoblauch2B	2-5	2	0	.337
2M. Lawton IIICF	2-4	1	1	.214
3K. PuckettRF	1-3	1	2	.316
↳ S. Dunn1B	0-1	0	0	.000
4P. MunozDH	0-3	0	0	.306
↳ C. HalePH	0-1	0	0	.263
5M. CordovaLF	1-3	0	1	.275
↳ R. BeckerLF	1-1	1	0	.241
6M. MerulloC	1-3	1	1	.269
7S. Leius3B	3-5	0	1	.244
8D. MastellerRF	1-5	0	1	.237
9D. HockingSS	1-4	1	0	.250

MIN PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
J. Parra(L, 1-4)	2.2	9	7	1	1	60-34	7.04
E. Guardado	0.2	4	5	1	1	25-15	5.53
S. Klingenbeck	0.2	1	0	0	0	12-7	7.07
E. Schullstrom	2.1	6	4	2	1	57-34	6.60
S. Watkins	1.2	0	0	0	0	7-5	6.61

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

MIN		KC
13	HITS	20
0	HOME RUNS	1
17	TOTAL BASES	26
5	WALKS	4
5	STRIKEOUTS	3
23	RUNNERS LOB	15

Win Probability

KC 100.0%

MINEVENKC

10050100

TOP 9 · MIN 7-16 KC · KC 100.0%Denny Hocking flies out to center fielder Les Norman.

Scoring Summary

TOP 1Kirby Puckett 2-run double on a line drive to left fielder Tom Goodwin. Chuck Knoblauch scores. Matt Lawton scores.2-0
TOP 1Matt Merullo 1-run sac fly to left fielder Tom Goodwin. Kirby Puckett scores. Marty Cordova to 2nd.3-0
BOT 1Tom Goodwin 1-run triple on a line drive to right fielder Kirby Puckett. Tom Goodwin scores. Fielding error by right fielder Kirby Puckett.3-1
BOT 1Wally Joyner hits a home run (12).3-2
BOT 2Johnny Damon 2-run single on a line drive to left fielder Marty Cordova. Keith Lockhart scores. David Howard scores. Henry Mercedes to 2nd.3-4
BOT 3Jon Nunnally 1-run single on a fly ball to left fielder Marty Cordova. Keith Lockhart scores.3-5
BOT 3Henry Mercedes 1-run single on a pop up to right fielder Kirby Puckett. David Howard scores.3-7
TOP 4

Season Series

MIN LEADS 7-6

Box Score

MIN BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
1C. Knoblauch2B	2-5	2	0	.337
2M. Lawton IIICF	2-4	1	1	.214
3K. PuckettRF	1-3	1	2	.316
↳ S. Dunn1B	0-1	0	0	.000
4P. MunozDH	0-3	0	0	.306
↳ C. HalePH	0-1	0	0	.263
5M. CordovaLF	1-3	0	1	.275
↳ R. BeckerLF	1-1	1	0	.241
6M. MerulloC	1-3	1	1	.269
7S. Leius3B	3-5	0	1	.244
8D. MastellerRF	1-5	0	1	.237
9D. HockingSS	1-4	1	0	.250

MIN PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
J. Parra(L, 1-4)	2.2	9	7	1	1	60-34	7.04
E. Guardado	0.2	4	5	1	1	25-15	5.53
S. Klingenbeck	0.2	1	0	0	0	12-7	7.07
E. Schullstrom	2.1	6	4	2	1	57-34	6.60
S. Watkins	1.2	0	0	0	0	7-5	6.61

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

MIN		KC
13	HITS	20
0	HOME RUNS	1
17	TOTAL BASES	26
5	WALKS	4
5	STRIKEOUTS	3
23	RUNNERS LOB	15

Win Probability

KC 100.0%

MINEVENKC

10050100

TOP 9 · MIN 7-16 KC · KC 100.0%Denny Hocking flies out to center fielder Les Norman.

Scoring Summary

TOP 1Kirby Puckett 2-run double on a line drive to left fielder Tom Goodwin. Chuck Knoblauch scores. Matt Lawton scores.2-0
TOP 1Matt Merullo 1-run sac fly to left fielder Tom Goodwin. Kirby Puckett scores. Marty Cordova to 2nd.3-0
BOT 1Tom Goodwin 1-run triple on a line drive to right fielder Kirby Puckett. Tom Goodwin scores. Fielding error by right fielder Kirby Puckett.3-1
BOT 1Wally Joyner hits a home run (12).3-2
BOT 2Johnny Damon 2-run single on a line drive to left fielder Marty Cordova. Keith Lockhart scores. David Howard scores. Henry Mercedes to 2nd.3-4
BOT 3Jon Nunnally 1-run single on a fly ball to left fielder Marty Cordova. Keith Lockhart scores.3-5
BOT 3Henry Mercedes 1-run single on a pop up to right fielder Kirby Puckett. David Howard scores.3-7
TOP 4

Season Series

MIN LEADS 7-6

Matt Lawton 1-run single on a ground ball to center fielder Johnny Damon. Denny Hocking scores. Chuck Knoblauch to 2nd.

TOP 4Marty Cordova 1-run force-out grounder, second baseman Keith Lockhart to shortstop David Howard. Chuck Knoblauch scores. Matt Lawton to 3rd. Pedro Munoz out at 2nd. Marty Cordova to 1st.5-7

BOT 4Greg Gagne 3-run double on a fly ball to center fielder Matt Lawton. Tom Goodwin scores. Wally Joyner scores. Juan Samuel scores.5-10

BOT 4Jon Nunnally 1-run single on a line drive to center fielder Matt Lawton. Greg Gagne scores.5-11

BOT 4Henry Mercedes 1-run sac fly to right fielder Kirby Puckett. Jon Nunnally scores.5-12

BOT 7Wally Joyner 1-run single on a line drive to right fielder Dan Masteller. Johnny Damon scores. Tom Goodwin to 3rd.5-13

BOT 7Joe Randa 1-run single on a line drive to left fielder Rich Becker. Tom Goodwin scores. Wally Joyner to 2nd.5-14

BOT 7Greg Gagne 1-run single on a ground ball to left fielder Rich Becker. Wally Joyner scores. Joe Randa to 2nd.5-15

BOT 7David Howard flies into a sacrifice double play, left fielder Rich Becker to third baseman Scott Leius to shortstop Denny Hocking. Joe Randa scores. Greg Gagne out at 3rd.5-16

TOP 9Scott Leius 1-run double on a line drive to left fielder Brent Cookson. Rich Becker scores. Matt Merullo to 3rd.6-16

TOP 9Dan Masteller 1-run groundout, second baseman David Howard to first baseman Edgar Caceres. Matt Merullo scores. Scott Leius to 3rd.7-16

AL Central Standings

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	100	44	.694	-	W5
Kansas City	70	74	.486	30.0	L3
Chicago	68	76	.472	32.0	W1
Milwaukee	65	79	.451	35.0	W1
Minnesota	56	88	.389	44.0	L1

FULL STANDINGS

Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals, Sep 18, 1995