Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
April 24, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1996 at Kauffman Stadium. 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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Baltimore Orioles 11, Kansas City Royals 8

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 2 2 2
Alomar 2b 5 1 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 5 1 2 2
Bonilla dh 5 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 2 4 2
Surhoff 3b 5 1 2 0
Devereaux rf 5 1 3 3
Hoiles c 5 3 3 2
  Zaun c 0 0 0 0
Hammonds lf 5 0 0 0
Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  Sackinsky p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 11 18 11
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 3 1 1 2
Norman rf 3 0 0 0
  Tucker ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Lennon lf 2 0 0 0
  Damon ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Vitiello dh 3 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 5 1 1 0
Offerman 1b 2 3 2 0
  Hamelin ph,1b 1 0 0 1
Howard ss 5 2 2 4
Randa 3b 2 1 2 0
  Lockhart ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Goodwin cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Haney p 0 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Jacome p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 10 7
Baltimore 041 311 00111180
Kansas City 040 201 0018100
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mercker  W (2-1) 5.0 6 6 6 3 2
  Sackinsky   0.1 2 1 1 2 0
  McDowell   2.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Myers   1.0 1 1 1 3 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
9
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Haney  L (0-4) 3.1 9 8 8 2 1
  Clark   2.1 5 2 2 0 2
  Robinson   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Jacome   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
18
11
11
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Surhoff (6,off Haney); C Ripken (8,off Robinson), Kansas City Offerman (2,off Mercker).  3B–Kansas City Howard (2,off Mercker).  HR–Baltimore Devereaux (1,2nd inning off Haney 1 on, 1 out); Anderson (9,2nd inning off Haney 1 on, 2 out); C Ripken (1,3rd inning off Haney 0 on, 1 out); Hoiles 2 (4,5th inning off Clark 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Jacome 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City Howard (2,4th inning off Mercker 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Roberts (1,off Mercker).  SB–Randa (3,2nd base off Mercker/Hoiles); Damon (3,2nd base off McDowell/Hoiles).  CS–Goodwin (3,2nd base by Mercker/Hoiles).  WP–Mercker 2 (2).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–3:25.  A–13,962.
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