Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
July 16, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1996 at Kauffman Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 10, Kansas City Royals 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 0 0 0
Vizquel ss 5 2 2 1
Carreon 1b 5 2 2 0
Belle lf 3 4 2 2
Ramirez rf 5 1 3 1
Murray dh 5 1 2 4
Baerga 2b 5 0 3 2
Pena c 5 0 3 0
Espinoza 3b 5 0 0 0
McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 10 17 10
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 4 0 2 3
Lockhart 2b 3 0 0 0
  Paquette ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Tucker lf 4 0 2 0
Hamelin dh 4 0 0 0
Young 1b 4 0 0 0
Damon rf 3 1 0 0
Randa 3b,2b 4 0 2 1
Macfarlane c 1 0 0 0
  Mercedes c 3 1 1 0
Howard ss 3 2 1 0
Haney p 0 0 0 0
  Huisman p 0 0 0 0
  Valera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Cleveland 200 230 00310170
Kansas City 001 002 001481
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  W (8-6) 7.0 6 3 3 1 4
  Assenmacher   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Shuey   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Haney  L (8-7) 4.2 12 7 7 1 0
  Huisman   3.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Valera   1.1 3 3 3 1 0
Totals
9.0
17
10
10
2
0

  E–Paquette (7).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Cleveland Carreon (4,off Haney); Ramirez 2 (25,off Haney 2); Vizquel (24,off Valera); Murray (9,off Valera), Kansas City Goodwin (11,off McDowell); Randa 2 (13,off McDowell,off Shuey).  3B–Kansas City Howard (4,off McDowell).  HR–Cleveland Belle (31,1st inning off Haney 1 on, 2 out); Vizquel (5,5th inning off Haney 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Belle (9,by Valera).  CS–Goodwin (15,2nd base by McDowell/T Pena).  WP–McDowell (5).  IBB–Valera (3,Belle).  U-HP–Ed Hickox, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:53.  A–16,871.
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