Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
August 29, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1996 at Tiger 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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Kansas City Royals 1, Detroit Tigers 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman ss 5 1 1 0
Damon cf 5 0 1 0
Paquette lf 5 0 4 1
Vitiello 1b 4 0 0 0
Nunnally rf 4 0 1 0
Sweeney dh 4 0 1 0
Macfarlane c 3 0 1 0
Lockhart 2b 4 0 1 0
Randa 3b 4 0 2 0
Appier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 1 12 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Higginson lf 4 1 3 1
Lewis 2b 4 1 2 0
Fryman ss 4 2 2 1
Sierra rf 4 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 0 0 0
Nieves dh 4 0 1 1
Nevin 3b 4 0 1 1
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Bartee cf 3 0 0 0
Olivares p 0 0 0 0
  Eischen p 0 0 0 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Kansas City 000 000 1001120
Detroit 000 100 03x490
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  L (11-10) 8.0 9 4 4 1 13
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
1
13
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Olivares   6.2 11 1 1 1 3
  Eischen  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Lima  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
1
1
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Kansas City Paquette (13,off Olivares), Detroit M Lewis (25,off Appier); Fryman (29,off Appier).  HR–Detroit Higginson (21,8th inning off Appier 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Fryman (4,2nd base off Appier/Macfarlane).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:52.  A–7,882.
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