Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
April 3, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 3, 1997 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles 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 4, Baltimore Orioles 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 4 1 0 0
Goodwin cf 4 1 2 0
Roberts lf 5 0 2 0
King 1b 3 1 0 1
Bell ss 4 1 3 3
Vitiello dh 3 0 1 0
  Damon pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Dye rf 4 0 0 0
Paquette 3b 4 0 0 0
Sweeney c 3 0 0 0
  Spehr c 1 0 0 0
Rosado p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson dh 3 0 1 0
Bordick ss 3 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 2 2 2
Davis rf 4 2 3 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 1 0
Surhoff lf 2 1 0 0
Hammonds cf 4 0 0 0
Hoiles c 4 0 1 2
  Webster c 0 0 0 0
Reboulet 2b 4 1 1 0
Kamieniecki p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 4
Kansas City 100 030 000481
Baltimore 200 010 03x691
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rosado   6.0 6 3 1 1 4
  Walker   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery  L (0-1) 1.0 3 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
4
2
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Kamieniecki   4.2 5 4 4 3 2
  Mathews   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Rhodes  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Myers  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
6

  E–Paquette (1), Ripken (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  3B–Kansas City Goodwin (1,off Myers).  HR–Kansas City Bell (1,5th inning off Kamieniecki 1 on, 2 out), Baltimore Palmeiro (1,8th inning off Montgomery 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Bordick (2,off Rosado).  HBP–Anderson (2,by Walker).  IBB–Surhoff (1,by Montgomery).  SB–Offerman (1,2nd base off Kamieniecki/Hoiles); King (1,2nd base off Kamieniecki/Hoiles); Goodwin (1,2nd base off Rhodes/Hoiles); Davis (1,2nd base off Montgomery/Spehr).  CS–Goodwin (1,3rd base by Rhodes/Hoiles).  WP–Kamieniecki (1).  BK–Rosado (1).  HBP–Walker (1,Anderson).  IBB–Montgomery (1,Surhoff).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:10.  A–43,031.
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