Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
April 29, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1997 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 5, Kansas City Royals 6

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 5 0 2 0
Garcia 2b 5 1 0 0
Merced rf 4 1 2 2
Carter 1b 3 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 4 2 2 2
Delgado dh 4 0 0 0
Brumfield lf 4 1 1 0
O'Brien c 4 0 1 1
Brito ss 4 0 0 0
Hentgen p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 8 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 3 1 1 3
Goodwin cf 4 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 0 1 0
King 1b 4 0 0 0
Davis dh 4 2 1 1
Vitiello rf 3 1 2 0
  Roberts pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Halter ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Paquette 3b 3 0 1 0
Macfarlane c 4 1 1 0
Damon lf,rf,cf 4 1 3 2
Rusch p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
Toronto 012 101 000 0581
Kansas City 003 200 000 16100
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hentgen   8.0 8 5 5 5 5
  Plesac   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill  L (3-2) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
6
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rusch   6.0 7 5 5 0 4
  Veres   3.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Pichardo  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
5
5
1
5

  E–Garcia (2).  DP–Toronto 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Toronto Brumfield (2,off Rusch), Kansas City Vitiello (3,off Hentgen).  HR–Toronto Sprague 2 (5,2nd inning off Rusch 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Rusch 0 on, 1 out); Merced (3,3rd inning off Rusch 1 on, 2 out), Kansas City Offerman (1,3rd inning off Hentgen 2 on, 1 out); Davis (2,10th inning off Quantrill 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Offerman 2 (2,off Hentgen,off Plesac).  IBB–Howard (1,by Quantrill).  IBB–Quantrill (1,Howard).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:42.  A–12,533.
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