Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
July 31, 1992 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1992 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 5, Kansas City Royals 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0
Baines dh 5 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 5 2 3 1
Canseco rf 4 2 1 0
Steinbach c 3 1 2 2
Bordick 2b 4 0 2 0
Weiss ss 3 0 1 1
Fox cf 4 0 0 0
Darling p 0 0 0 0
  Horsman p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 9 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 3b 6 2 4 3
Joyner 1b 4 1 3 1
Brett dh 4 0 1 0
McReynolds lf 3 0 0 0
Eisenreich rf 5 1 2 1
Mayne c 4 0 1 0
McRae cf 5 0 1 0
Wilkerson 2b 4 1 4 0
Howard ss 4 1 1 0
Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Meacham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 17 5
Oakland 030 100 100 0592
Kansas City 310 100 000 16172
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   4.0 10 5 4 2 0
  Horsman   1.1 3 0 0 2 0
  Corsi   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Parrett  L (7-1) 1.1 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.1
17
6
5
5
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Reed   5.0 6 4 3 1 1
  Berenguer   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Magnante   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Meacham  W (5-3) 3.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.0
9
5
4
1
2

  E–Steinbach (7), Weiss (9), Jefferies (17), Howard (5).  DP–Oakland 2, Kansas City 2.  2B–Oakland McGwire (18,off Reed); Steinbach (14,off Reed); Canseco (7,off Reed), Kansas City Howard (2,off Darling); Mayne (5,off Darling); Joyner (29,off Darling).  3B–Kansas City Jefferies (1,off Darling).  HR–Oakland McGwire (32,7th inning off Meacham 0 on, 2 out), Kansas City Jefferies (7,1st inning off Darling 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Weiss (4,off Reed).  HBP–Canseco (2,by Reed); Lansford (3,by Reed).  IBB–Steinbach (2,by Reed); Brett (6,by Darling); Wilkerson (1,by Horsman).  SH–Mayne (1,off Horsman); Howard (3,off Parrett).  SB–Eisenreich (10,2nd base off Darling/Steinbach); Jefferies (13,2nd base off Darling/Steinbach).  CS–Mayne (2,2nd base by Darling/Steinbach); Wilkerson (6,2nd base by Darling/Steinbach); Eisenreich (4,3rd base by Horsman/Steinbach); Joyner (5,2nd base by Honeycutt/Steinbach).  WP–Darling (12).  HBP–Reed 2 (3,Canseco,Lansford).  IBB–Darling (3,Brett); Horsman (4,Wilkerson); Reed (2,Steinbach).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:28.  A–35,087.
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