Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
August 30, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 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 0, Detroit Tigers 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman ss 4 0 1 0
Goodwin lf 4 0 1 0
Lockhart 2b 4 0 0 0
Vitiello 1b 3 0 0 0
Hamelin dh 3 0 1 0
Paquette 3b 4 0 0 0
Nunnally rf 3 0 0 0
Sweeney c 3 0 1 0
Damon cf 3 0 1 0
Rosado p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartee cf 4 1 2 0
Lewis 2b 4 1 1 1
Fryman ss 3 1 1 0
Sierra rf 3 0 0 1
Clark 1b 3 1 1 2
Nevin 3b 3 0 1 0
Nieves dh 3 0 0 0
Higginson lf 3 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
Kansas City 000 000 000052
Detroit 400 000 00x460
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rosado  L (5-4) 7.0 6 4 4 1 8
  Pichardo   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
1
9
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Van Poppel  W (3-6) 9.0 5 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
2

  E–Offerman (14), Rosado (1).  DP–Kansas City 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit M Lewis (26,off Rosado).  HR–Detroit Clark (17,1st inning off Rosado 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Sierra (8,off Rosado).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–2:11.  A–16,498.
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