Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
April 15, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1996 at Kauffman Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 11, Kansas City Royals 10

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Phillips lf 5 1 1 0
Ventura 3b 5 1 2 1
Thomas F. 1b 5 2 3 2
Mouton dh 4 0 1 0
  Baines ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Munoz pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Tartabull rf 2 2 1 0
  Martinez ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Snopek ss 4 2 1 2
  Guillen ss 1 0 1 1
Karkovice c 4 1 0 1
Durham 2b 5 1 2 3
Lewis cf 3 0 1 1
McCaskill p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas L. p 0 0 0 0
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 14 11
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 4 2 2 3
Goodwin lf 5 0 0 1
Damon cf 5 0 0 1
Lockhart 3b 5 1 1 0
Hamelin 1b 3 0 0 0
  Randa pr,1b 0 1 0 0
  Offerman ph 1 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 1 1 1
Tucker rf 4 2 2 1
Vitiello dh 3 2 2 0
Howard ss 4 1 3 2
Jacome p 0 0 0 0
  Valera p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 11 9
Chicago 550 000 00111142
Kansas City 060 100 12010110
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McCaskill   5.2 8 7 7 1 2
  Thomas   1.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Karchner  W (2-0) 1.0 2 1 0 1 2
  Hernandez  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
10
9
3
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Jacome   1.1 8 9 9 3 0
  Valera   4.2 4 1 1 1 4
  Pichardo  L (1-2) 2.0 1 1 1 0 3
  Magnante   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
11
11
4
7

  E–Snopek (1), Karchner (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Chicago Phillips (3,off Jacome); F Thomas 2 (5,off Jacome,off Valera); Durham (4,off Valera); Guillen (5,off Magnante), Kansas City Vitiello (3,off McCaskill); Roberts (4,off L Thomas).  3B–Chicago Durham (1,off Jacome), Kansas City Macfarlane (1,off McCaskill); Roberts (1,off McCaskill).  HR–Chicago F Thomas (4,2nd inning off Jacome 1 on, 0 out); Snopek (1,2nd inning off Jacome 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Roberts (1,by Karchner).  CS–Damon (2,2nd base by L Thomas/Karkovice).  IBB–Karchner (1,Roberts).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:53.  A–12,653.
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