Thursday, April 19, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 9
Royals fall late against Twins
The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Kansas City Royals can't seem to finish off the Minnesota Twins this season.
"They're just a scrapy bunch of boys that will come back and beat you," said Kansas City manager Tony Muser after the Twins scored four times in the eighth inning and rallied past the Royals for the second-straight game, winning 5-3.
Bobby Kielty's double in the eighth put the
Twits ahead and got Muser kicked out of the game. Muser argued with umpire Eric Cooper that Kielty's chopper down the third base line
went foul. Kielty later scored on a wild pitch and gave the Twins a 5-3 lead after they had trailed 3-1 entering the inning.
Minnesota, 11-3, has eight come-from-behind victories this season and finished its season-opening homestand 8-1.
"Wejustkeepplugging away," said Twins first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz.
Matt Lawton, who has reached base in every game, drew his league-leading 19th walk to lead off the eighth against Kansas City reliever Jason Grimsley. Corey Koskie, who had the game-winning hit in the ninth inning Tuesday, scored Lawton with a double.
scored Koskie.
Tony Cogan, 0-1,
relied, and
Mientkiewicz drove
in Koskie with a single to
tie the game. Then
Kielty's disputed double
"Igave up (on the play), knowing it was a foul ball," said Royals third baseman Joe Randa. "I turn around, and he's calling it fair. It was a terrible call."
Cooper was unavailable for comment about the call. The Twins weren't about to debate it.
"The umpire called it fair," said Minnesota manager Tom Kelly.
The Twins, who are 13th in the league in runs scored last season, entered play yesterday leading the American League in batting average .(305), on base percentage .(370), and slugging percentage .(521). Their 11-3 start has been fueled by contributions from nearly every spot in the lineup.
The Royals, who blew a 4-1 lead Tuesday, wasted a fine effort by starter Jeff Suppan, who pitched three-hit baseball for 6 2/3 innings. Kansas City has four blown saves this year and 60 since the start of the 1999 season.
Suppan wasn't about to rip his relievers.
"They're very qualified," he said. "Everyone has their ups and downs. I still feel very confident in them."
Game notes
Muser, in his fifth season with the Royals, has been ejected 10 times.
Quinn extended his hitting streak to 14 games and is 11-for-24 against Minnesota this year.
Suppan, after a shaky start on opening day against the New York Yankees, has allowed six runs in his last 19 innings.
Edited by Brent Wasko
SAN FRANCISCO — His flubbed fly ball is now forgotten. Barry Bonds more than redeemed himself with a historic home run that arched high over the right field wall and plopped into the bay.
Bonds hits 500th homer
The Associated Press
Even he was stunned
Bonds wiped away memories of the error the game before and joined the slugging elite Tuesday night with his 500th home
run, just the 17th player to reach the milestone.
The two-run shot at Pacific Bell Park gave the Giants a 3-2 victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers and sent Bonds on a joyful home-run trot.
three-time MVP and nine-time All-Star dropped Jeffrey Hammonds' eight-inning fly, allowing three runs as the Brewers beat the Giants 7-4.
Bonds had hit his 499th on Sunday in Milwaukee,but the
Bonds was haunted. The gaffe was replayed extensively as he dealt with the pressure of reaching 500.
As Bonds watched the eighth-inning blast sail out of the park and into San Francisco Bay, he leapt in the air before rounding the bases.
Afterward, he was joined by his father, former major leaguer Bobby Bonds, his wife and Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Willie McCovey, who also hit 500 home runs.
Joe Figone, piloting an inflatable power boat, scooped up the ball after it splashed into McCovey Cove — an inlet of
the bay — with a hand-held net.
the bay—with a hand-held net. Bonds said they were in "negotiations" with Figone concerning the ball, which some have estimated to be worth more than $500,000. Figone, a former groundskeeper for the Giants at Candlestick Park, did not return phone calls yesterday.
Rich Aurilia started the eighth for the Giants with a triple off Dodgers reliever Terry Adams. Bonds was hoping for at least a fly ball to score Aurilia, tying the game.
The pivotal pitch to Bonds was a 2-0 slider. The sellout crowd let out a gasp as the ball came off his bat, flew high over the right-field wall and dropped into the water.
"Barry has a flair for the dramatic," McCovey said. "I thought he would hit in a situation like this."
MLB STANDINGS
American League East Division
W L Pct. GB
Toronto 11 4 .733 —
Boston 11 4 .733 —
New York 8 7 .533 3
Baltimore 6 9 .400 5
Tampa Bay 4 11 .267 7
W L Pct. GB
Minnesota 11 3 .786
Cleveland 7 6 .539 3 ½;
Chicago 5 8 .385 5 ½;
Detroit 5 8 .385 5 ½;
Kansas City 11 2.67 7 ½;
Central Division
Oakland at Anaheim, late
West Division
W L Pct. GB
*Seattle 11 3 786 —
*Texas 7 8 .467 $^4/1^2$
*Anaeheim 6 8 .429 5
*Oakland 4 10 .286 7
*late game not included
Yesterday's scores
Today's Games
Minnesota 5, Kansas City 3
Toronto 7, New York 2
Cleveland 4, Baltimore 1
Chicago 6, Detroit 4
Boston 9, Tampa Bay 1
Texas at Seattle, late
Cleveland (Sabathia 1-0) at Baltimore (McElroy 0-0), 2:05
New York (Clemens 2-0) at Toronto (Hamilton 1-0), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago (Wells 1-2) at Detroit (Weaver 1-2), 6:05 p.m.
Boston (Martinez 1-O) at Tampa Bay (Wilson O-1), 6:15 p.m.
Oakland (Zito 1-1) at Texas
(Rogers 1-0), 7:05 p.m.
Anaheim (Valdes 0-1) at
Seattle (Garcia 1-0), 9:05
p.m.
National League East Division
W L Pct. GB
Philadelphia 8 6 .571 —
Montreal 8 7 .533 1/2
Atlanta 8 8 .500 1
New York 6 9 .400 2 1/2
Florida 6 9 .357 3
Central Division
W L Pct. GB
Chicago 10 5 .667 —
Houston 8 6 .571 1/2
Cinnati 8 7 .533 2
Milwaukee 7 8 .467 3
St. Louis 7 8 .467 3
Pittsburgh 6 8 .429 3¹/²
West Division
W L Pct. GB
*San Francisco 8 5 .615 —
*Colorado 7 6 .538 1
*Los Angeles 7 7 .500 1
*San Diego 6 7 .462 2
Arizona 6 9 .400 3
- late game not included
Atlanta 1, Florida 0
Montreal 7, New York 1
Chicago 4-5, Philadelphia 3-3
Pittsburgh 8, Houston 4
Milwaukee 7, Cincinnati 4
St. Louis 3, Arizona 1
Colorado at San Diego, late
Los Angeles at San Francisco,
late
Yesterday's scores
Todav's games
Colorado (Neagle 1-0) at San Diego (Williams 1-1), 4:05 n.m.
Montreal (Reames 2.0) at Florida (Clement 1-1),6:05 p.m.
Los Angeles (Gagne 0-1) at San Francisco (Rueter 2-0), 9:35 p.m.
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