Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
April 28, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1996 at Fenway Park. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 9, Boston Red Sox 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 3 0 1 1
Goodwin cf 3 1 1 0
  Norman rf 0 0 0 0
  Hamelin ph 1 1 1 2
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Offerman 1b 4 1 1 0
Paquette lf 5 2 2 0
Macfarlane c 4 1 1 3
Vitiello dh 3 0 1 0
  Tucker pr,dh,rf 1 1 1 1
Damon rf,cf 3 0 0 0
Howard ss 2 1 2 1
Randa 3b 2 0 0 0
  Lockhart ph,3b 2 1 2 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 13 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cole cf 6 1 1 0
Valentin ss 5 1 0 0
Vaughn 1b 4 2 2 3
Jefferson dh 5 1 3 0
Stanley c 3 1 3 1
  Haselman pr,c 0 1 0 0
O'Leary lf 4 0 1 1
Cordero 2b 5 0 4 2
Selby 3b 2 0 1 0
  Clark ph,3b 2 0 0 0
  Beltre 3b 0 0 0 0
Cuyler rf 4 0 1 0
Moyer p 0 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 16 7
Kansas City 300 001 1139130
Boston 100 000 2407161
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza   5.2 10 1 1 2 1
  Pichardo   0.2 3 2 2 1 1
  Magnante   1.1 2 3 3 1 1
  Robinson  W (1-0) 0.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Montgomery  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
7
7
6
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Moyer   6.1 6 5 5 2 0
  Belinda   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Stanton   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb  L (0-1) 1.0 3 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
2
2

  E–Haselman (1).  DP–Kansas City 2, Boston 1.  2B–Kansas City Vitiello (7,off Moyer), Boston Jefferson (6,off Pichardo); Cole (2,off Magnante).  3B–Kansas City Tucker (1,off Stanton).  HR–Kansas City Macfarlane (1,1st inning off Moyer 2 on, 2 out); Hamelin (2,9th inning off Slocumb 1 on, 1 out), Boston Vaughn (7,8th inning off Magnante 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Goodwin (7,off Moyer); Offerman (1,off Moyer); Damon (1,off Moyer); Howard (3,off Belinda); Cuyler (2,off Gubicza).  SF–Roberts (2,off Slocumb).  SB–Lockhart (1,2nd base off Slocumb/Haselman).  CS–Howard (1,2nd base by Moyer/Stanley).  WP–Robinson (1).  BK–Moyer (1).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–3:17.  A–32,491.
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