Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
May 20, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1996 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 4, Kansas City Royals 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 2 0 1 0
  Crespo pr,1b 2 1 0 0
Cedeno 2b 4 0 0 0
Samuel 1b,rf 4 0 1 1
Carter dh 4 1 1 0
Sprague 3b 4 2 2 2
Brumfield rf,cf 4 0 1 1
Perez lf 3 0 1 0
  Olerud ph 1 0 0 0
O'Brien c 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 3 0 0 0
Hentgen p 0 0 0 0
  Bohanon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 4 0 1 0
Goodwin lf 4 1 1 0
Lockhart 3b 4 0 2 0
Vitiello dh 4 1 1 0
Tucker rf 2 2 1 1
Offerman 1b 2 0 0 0
Damon cf 3 1 1 2
Macfarlane c 3 0 1 0
Howard ss 2 0 0 0
Haney p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 8 3
Toronto 000 100 102471
Kansas City 021 100 10x580
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hentgen  L (4-4) 7.0 7 5 4 2 4
  Bohanon   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
5
4
2
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Haney  W (3-4) 8.1 7 4 4 0 4
  Montgomery  SV (11) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
0
5

  E–Hentgen (1).  2B–Toronto Sprague (7,off Haney); Carter (10,off Haney), Kansas City Vitiello (10,off Hentgen); Tucker (8,off Hentgen); Macfarlane (8,off Hentgen).  3B–Toronto Nixon (1,off Haney).  HR–Toronto Sprague (13,9th inning off Haney 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City Damon (3,7th inning off Hentgen 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Offerman (4,off Hentgen).  WP–Hentgen (2).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:05.  A–14,303.
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