Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
August 23, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1996 at Kauffman Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Kansas City Royals 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pride lf 3 0 1 0
  Bartee pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Lewis 2b 4 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 4 1 1 1
Sierra dh 3 0 1 0
Higginson cf,lf 4 1 2 1
Clark 1b 3 1 1 1
Nieves rf 3 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 3 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Sager p 0 0 0 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 4 0 0 0
Lockhart 2b 4 0 1 0
Damon rf 4 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 0 0
Tucker lf 4 1 2 0
Paquette 3b 4 0 2 0
  Norman pr 0 0 0 0
Hamelin 1b 4 1 2 2
Sweeney dh 3 0 1 0
Howard ss 3 0 0 0
Appier p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Detroit 000 000 300360
Kansas City 000 000 200281
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sager  W (3-2) 6.1 7 2 2 0 6
  Lima   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Olson  SV (8) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  L (11-9) 8.0 5 3 3 3 10
  Pichardo   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
10

  E–Lockhart (10).  DP–Detroit 1, Kansas City 3.  2B–Kansas City Tucker (18,off Sager).  HR–Detroit Fryman (18,7th inning off Appier 0 on, 0 out); Higginson (20,7th inning off Appier 0 on, 1 out); Clark (15,7th inning off Appier 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City Hamelin (8,7th inning off Sager 1 on, 1 out).  CS–Sweeney (2,2nd base by Sager/Ausmus).  WP–Sager (1).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:38.  A–15,603.
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