Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins

2008 Season - April 6, 2008

Kansas City Royals
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
KC (1-5) 2 0 3 1 6 0 0 1 0   13 19 1
MIN (6-1) 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0   5 7 0

W: Randy Johnson (1-1)  |  L: Tim Lincecum (1-1

 Minnesota Twins

Kansas City Royals
BATTERS TPA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SF SH HBP IBB AVG
Shane Victorino - LF 627 627 34 411 22 12 00 01 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 .407
Mark Kotsay - CF 423 322 22 24 00 00 00 11 00 02 01 00 11 00 00 00 .182
   Jody Gerut - PH 14 14 01 12 00 00 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .500
   Ty Wigginton - PH 13 13 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .333
Esteban German - 2B 525 525 45 47 00 11 22 78 00 06 11 01 00 00 00 00 .280
Mike Sweeney - DH 524 524 12 28 02 00 12 24 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 .333
Corey Hart - RF 523 523 00 24 12 00 00 11 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 .174
Brandon Inge - 3B 522 420 11 13 00 00 00 00 11 03 00 01 00 00 01 00 .150
Jason LaRue - C 522 521 12 26 11 00 01 12 01 16 00 00 00 00 00 00 .286
J.J. Hardy - SS 519 518 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 01 00 .000
Ryan Freel - 1B 520 520 11 14 01 00 00 11 00 23 00 00 00 00 00 00 .200
Totals 47 45 13 19 4 2 3 13 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .422

FIELDERS TC PO A E F%
Shane Victorino - LF 37 37 00 00 1.000
Mark Kotsay - CF 211 110 11 00 1.000
Esteban German - 2B 529 412 116 01 .966
Corey Hart - RF 37 26 11 00 1.000
Brandon Inge - 3B 728 515 212 01 .964
Jason LaRue - C 839 835 04 00 1.000
J.J. Hardy - SS 115 05 110 00 1.000
Ryan Freel - 1B 354 350 04 00 1.000
Randy Johnson - P 13 01 01 11 .667
Joel Hanrahan - P 02 01 00 00 1.000
Ty Wigginton - (3B) 14 13 00 00 1.000
Totals 34 27 6 1 .971

PITCHERS IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP IBB TBF PC ERA
Randy Johnson (W, 1-1) 7.012.0 716 510 510 12 68 710 00 00 3255 107 7.50
Joel Hanrahan 2.02.2 02 03 03 02 01 01 00 00 611 12 10.11
Totals 9.0 7 5 5 1 6 7 0 0 38 119 5.00


Minnesota Twins
BATTERS TPA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SF SH HBP IBB AVG
Adam Everett - 3B 530 529 04 29 02 00 01 03 01 02 14 00 00 00 00 00 .310
Brandon Phillips - SS 526 526 04 09 01 01 01 03 00 23 03 01 00 00 00 00 .346
Alex Rodriguez - DH 531 529 09 011 02 02 03 06 02 23 02 02 00 00 00 00 .379
Prince Fielder - 1B 425 223 24 18 02 00 12 14 22 12 00 00 00 00 00 00 .348
Kenji Johjima - C 417 414 14 14 00 00 02 03 03 11 00 00 00 00 00 01 .286
Bobby Abreu - RF 425 219 24 27 02 01 01 09 24 02 11 00 02 00 00 01 .368
Scott Podsednik - LF 413 311 01 13 00 01 01 25 12 03 01 01 00 00 00 00 .273
Dustin Pedroia - 2B 416 416 01 03 00 00 01 14 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 .188
Aaron Rowand - CF 321 219 05 05 02 00 01 03 12 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 .263
Totals 38 32 5 7 0 0 1 4 6 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .219

FIELDERS TC PO A E F%
Adam Everett - 3B 317 15 211 01 .941
Brandon Phillips - SS 320 19 210 01 .950
Prince Fielder - 1B 1254 1050 24 00 1.000
Kenji Johjima - C 318 317 01 00 1.000
Bobby Abreu - RF 412 412 00 00 1.000
Scott Podsednik - LF 27 27 00 00 1.000
Dustin Pedroia - 2B 524 314 210 00 1.000
Aaron Rowand - CF 213 213 00 00 1.000
Tim Lincecum - P 01 01 00 00 1.000
Homer Bailey - P 14 13 00 00 1.000
Joel Zumaya - P 13 01 11 00 1.000
Totals 36 27 9 0 1.000

PITCHERS IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP IBB TBF PC ERA
Tim Lincecum (L, 1-1) 4.110.1 1120 811 811 22 11 26 01 00 2553 54 9.58
Homer Bailey 3.29.1 713 56 56 11 00 05 00 00 1840 34 5.79
Joel Zumaya 1.02.1 15 02 02 00 00 13 00 00 412 7 7.71
Totals 9.0 19 13 13 3 1 3 0 0 47 95 13.00


P L A Y   B Y   P L A Y
Kansas City - Top of 1
Shane Victorino flied out.
Mark Kotsay grounded out.
Esteban German singled.
Mike Sweeney homered.
Corey Hart grounded out.
2 runs, 2 hits, 11 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Bottom of 1
Adam Everett singled.
Brandon Phillips struck out.
Alex Rodriguez struck out.
Prince Fielder struck out.
0 runs, 1 hits, 14 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Top of 2
Brandon Inge singled.
Jason LaRue struck out.
J.J. Hardy flied out.
Ryan Freel struck out.
0 runs, 1 hits, 14 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Bottom of 2
Kenji Johjima singled.
Bobby Abreu was walked.
Aaron Rowand did not complete plate appearance.
Scott Podsednik singled.
Dustin Pedroia hit into a double play.
Adam Everett flied out.
2 runs, 2 hits, 14 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Top of 3
Shane Victorino doubled.
Mark Kotsay singled.
Esteban German homered.
Mike Sweeney singled.
Corey Hart singled.
Brandon Inge flied out.
Jason LaRue grounded out.
J.J. Hardy flied out.
3 runs, 5 hits, 12 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Bottom of 3
Brandon Phillips struck out.
Alex Rodriguez grounded out.
Prince Fielder was walked.
Kenji Johjima did not complete plate appearance.
Bobby Abreu singled.
0 runs, 1 hits, 17 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Top of 4
Ryan Freel flied out.
Shane Victorino tripled.
Mark Kotsay sacrificed.
Esteban German tripled.
Mike Sweeney flied out.
1 runs, 2 hits, 10 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Bottom of 4
Aaron Rowand struck out.
Scott Podsednik grounded out.
Dustin Pedroia flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 8 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Top of 5
Corey Hart flied out.
Brandon Inge was walked.
Jason LaRue doubled.
J.J. Hardy flied out.
Ryan Freel singled.
Shane Victorino singled.
Mark Kotsay singled.
Esteban German homered.
Mike Sweeney flied out.
6 runs, 5 hits, 20 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Bottom of 5
Adam Everett singled.
Brandon Phillips did not complete plate appearance.
Alex Rodriguez struck out.
0 runs, 1 hits, 9 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Top of 6
Corey Hart grounded out.
Brandon Inge grounded out.
Jason LaRue flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 6 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Bottom of 6
Prince Fielder was walked.
Kenji Johjima struck out.
Bobby Abreu singled.
Aaron Rowand was walked.
Scott Podsednik was walked.
Dustin Pedroia hit into a fielder's choice.
Adam Everett hit into a fielder's choice.
2 runs, 1 hits, 26 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Top of 7
J.J. Hardy grounded out.
Ryan Freel grounded out.
Shane Victorino flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 3 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Bottom of 7
Brandon Phillips flied out.
Alex Rodriguez flied out.
Prince Fielder homered.
Kenji Johjima flied out.
1 runs, 1 hits, 9 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Top of 8
Jody Gerut singled.
Esteban German hit into a fielder's choice.
Mike Sweeney grounded out.
Corey Hart doubled.
Brandon Inge flied out.
1 runs, 2 hits, 11 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Bottom of 8
Bobby Abreu was walked.
Aaron Rowand flied out.
Scott Podsednik flied out.
Dustin Pedroia flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 14 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Top of 9
Jason LaRue singled.
J.J. Hardy flied out.
Ryan Freel struck out.
Shane Victorino doubled.
Ty Wigginton grounded out.
0 runs, 2 hits, 8 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Bottom of 9
Adam Everett flied out.
Brandon Phillips flied out.
Alex Rodriguez flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 8 pitches thrown

Royals OF Jody Gerut (severe concussion) will be unable to play for the next 6 weeks.

Braves 1B Tony Clark will be out for the next two weeks with a strained ribcage muscle.

Jason Davis (AAA - SEA) has been told he needs to recover from his concussion which will take about 2 weeks.