Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
April 2, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 2, 1996 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 2, Baltimore Orioles 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 4 0 1 1
Goodwin lf,cf 2 0 0 0
Damon cf 3 0 1 0
  Lennon ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Tucker rf 2 1 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
Lockhart 3b 3 0 2 0
  Norman ph 1 0 0 0
Hamelin 1b 2 0 0 0
  Randa pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Vitiello dh 2 0 0 0
  Nunnally ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 3 1 1 0
Offerman ss 3 0 0 0
Appier p 0 0 0 0
  Valera p 0 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 3 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 4 1 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 1 1 0
Bonilla dh 4 2 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 2 3
Surhoff 3b 4 0 1 1
Hoiles c 3 0 1 0
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
  Zaun c 0 0 0 0
Tarasco rf 2 0 0 0
  Devereaux ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Hammonds lf 3 0 2 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Kansas City 011 000 000250
Baltimore 201 000 01x490
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  L (0-1) 5.0 6 3 3 1 7
  Valera   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Magnante   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Clark   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
2
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina  W (1-0) 7.0 5 2 2 2 4
  Orosco   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Myers  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  PB–Macfarlane (1).  2B–Kansas City Macfarlane (1,off Mussina), Baltimore Alomar (1,off Appier); Hammonds (1,off Appier); Bonilla (1,off Appier); Surhoff (1,off Clark).  SH–Goodwin (1,off Mussina).  HBP–Anderson (1,by Magnante).  IBB–Zaun (1,by Clark).  SB–Goodwin (1,2nd base off Orosco/Zaun).  CS–Hammonds (1,2nd base by Appier/Macfarlane).  HBP–Magnante (1,Anderson).  IBB–Clark (1,Zaun).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:50.  A–46,818.
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