BOXSCORE: 2000 Seattle Mariners At 2000 KansasCity Royals           4/12/2000

  Mariners           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Phillips CF       3  0  0  0 .259     O.Vizquel SS        6  0  1  1 .265  
C-D.Roberts PR,CF     1  0  0  0 .188     F.Santangelo 2B     4  0  0  0 .273  
  R.Durham 2B         4  0  0  0 .316     H.Rodriguez LF      5  0  1  0 .314  
  I.Rodriguez C       5  0  0  0 .366     C.Paquette 3B       5  0  1  0 .310  
  A.Belle RF          5  0  0  0 .359     A.Ochoa RF          5  0  3  0 .375  
  R.Klesko 1B         4  0  1  0 .324     M.Ordonez DH        4  0  0  0 .229  
  C.Davis DH          4  0  0  0 .294     B.Mayne C           2  0  0  0 .100  
  S.Brosius 3B        4  0  0  0 .367   A-J.Conine PH         1  0  0  0 .222  
  L.Polonia LF        3  0  0  0 .290   B-E.Marrero C         2  0  0  0 .182  
  M.Bordick SS        4  0  1  0 .257     J.Snow 1B           2  0  0  0 .200  
                                        D-M.Cairo PR          0  0  0  0 .217  
                                        E-D.Hocking 1B        2  1  2  01.000  
                                          K.Lofton CF         4  0  2  0 .304  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  0  2  0                 Totals      42  1 10  1

A-Pinch Hit For Mayne In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Conine In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Phillips In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Snow In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Cairo In 9th Inning

Mariners........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  0
Royals.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  1 10  1

Mariners                 IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Wells                   6 2/3   4   0   0   2   8   0   0.90
C.Nitkowski               1 1/3   0   0   0   1   1   0   5.79
M.Timlin                  2       2   0   0   0   2   0   5.79
M.Yoshii LOSS(1-1)        1 2/3   4   1   1   0   0   0   4.70
Totals                   11 2/3  10   1   1   3  11   0

Royals                   IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Colon                  11       1   0   0   5   5   0   0.31
K.Mercker WIN(1-0)        1       1   0   0   0   0   0   6.00
Totals                   12       2   0   0   5   5   0

ATTENDANCE- 13,694 DATE- Tuesday, April 12th 2000 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 3:40
LEFT ON BASE- Mariners: 6  Royals: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mariners: 1  Royals: 2
ERRORS- F.Santangelo
DOUBLES- M.Bordick(2nd), H.Rodriguez(5th), A.Ochoa(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- F.Santangelo
SACRIFICE HITS- K.Lofton
WALKS- T.Phillips, R.Durham, R.Klesko, C.Davis, L.Polonia, F.Santangelo,
       M.Ordonez, J.Snow
STRIKE OUTS- T.Phillips-2, A.Belle, C.Davis, S.Brosius, O.Vizquel-2,
             F.Santangelo, C.Paquette-2, M.Ordonez, B.Mayne, J.Conine,
             E.Marrero, J.Snow, K.Lofton
GIDP- R.Durham, I.Rodriguez, J.Snow

Bartolo Colon went 11 strong innings as the KansasCity Royals defeated the
Seattle Mariners in 12 innings 1 to 0 at Kauffman Stadium.

Neither team managed to score in the first nine innings.  KansasCity ended up
winning it in the 12th inning.  After two outs Denny Hocking lined a one-base
hit.  Kenny Lofton was next and he slapped a base-hit.  Omar Vizquel then
laced a single making KansasCity the victors to the delight of the home town
faithful.  KansasCity had 10 hits for the afternoon while Seattle had 2.

Kent Mercker(1-0) went 1 inning allowing no runs for the win. Masato
Yoshii(1-1) was tagged with the loss in relief.  He gave up 4 hits and no
walks in 1 and 2/3 innings.