Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
July 31, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1996 at Kauffman Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bragg cf,lf 5 0 0 0
Frye rf 3 0 1 0
  O'Leary ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Vaughn dh 4 1 1 1
Naehring 3b 5 0 0 0
Stanley c 3 2 1 2
Greenwell lf 4 0 2 0
  Tinsley pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Pozo 2b 4 0 1 0
Jefferson 1b 4 1 2 0
Rodriguez ss 3 0 2 1
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 3 1 0 0
Goodwin cf 3 0 0 0
Roberts dh 4 0 1 1
Paquette lf 4 0 1 0
Tucker 1b 4 0 0 0
Sweeney c 3 1 1 0
Damon rf 4 1 1 1
Randa 3b 3 0 1 1
Howard ss 3 0 0 0
  Lockhart ph 1 0 0 0
Haney p 0 0 0 0
  Huisman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Boston 010 010 0305100
Kansas City 001 100 001351
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  W (8-10) 8.1 5 3 3 4 6
  Slocumb  SV (15) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
4
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Haney  L (8-10) 8.0 10 5 5 3 2
  Huisman   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
2

  E–Howard (9).  2B–Kansas City Randa (16,off Wakefield).  HR–Boston Stanley (18,8th inning off Haney 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City Damon (5,9th inning off Wakefield 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Rodriguez (1,off Haney).  SB–Offerman (12,2nd base off Wakefield/Stanley).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:25.  A–17,527.
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