Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
June 16, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 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 13, Kansas City Royals 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 4 3 5
Polonia dh 6 1 3 1
Alomar 2b 4 0 0 0
  Alexander 3b 1 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 1 1 0
  Ripken 2b 1 0 0 0
Bonilla rf 5 1 3 2
  Devereaux rf 0 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 2 3 0
Surhoff 3b,1b 4 2 2 2
Zaun c 5 2 3 2
Hammonds lf 4 0 0 0
Coppinger p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 13 18 12
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 5 0 0 1
Goodwin lf 3 1 1 0
  Young ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Lockhart 2b 3 0 2 1
  Vitiello ph 0 0 0 0
  Offerman ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Hamelin 1b 3 0 1 0
Paquette dh 4 1 1 0
Nunnally rf,lf 3 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 1 0 0
Macfarlane c 3 2 3 2
Howard ss 3 0 1 1
Belcher p 0 0 0 0
  Jacome p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
  Pugh p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Baltimore 100 004 08013181
Kansas City 030 010 001591
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Coppinger  W (2-0) 6.0 7 4 4 2 3
  Orosco   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Mills  SV (1) 2.1 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher   5.2 9 4 4 2 2
  Jacome  L (0-2) 0.2 3 1 0 1 0
  Pichardo   1.0 2 5 5 3 0
  Pugh   1.2 4 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
18
13
12
6
4

  E–Alexander (2), Howard (6).  2B–Baltimore Zaun (4,off Belcher), Kansas City Lockhart (13,off Coppinger); Goodwin (4,off Coppinger); Macfarlane (16,off Orosco).  3B–Baltimore Zaun (1,off Pugh), Kansas City Macfarlane (2,off Coppinger).  HR–Baltimore Anderson 2 (24,1st inning off Belcher 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Pugh 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Hammonds (5,off Belcher); Alomar (3,off Pichardo); Howard (10,off Coppinger).  IBB–Palmeiro (4,by Pichardo).  SB–Goodwin (27,3rd base off Coppinger/Zaun).  WP–Belcher (4).  IBB–Pichardo (4,Palmeiro).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Ed Hickox, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:08.  A–19,437.
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