Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
May 1, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 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 0, Kansas City Royals 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Brumfield cf 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 3 0 1 0
Merced rf 4 0 0 0
Carter 1b 4 0 1 0
Sprague 3b 3 0 1 0
Samuel dh 4 0 0 0
Santiago c 3 0 1 0
Perez lf 3 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 1 0 0 0
Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Flener p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 4 1 2 3
Roberts lf 2 1 1 0
  Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0
  Halter rf 1 0 1 0
Bell ss 5 0 3 3
King 1b 4 1 0 0
Davis dh 4 1 1 2
Macfarlane c 3 1 0 0
Paquette 3b 4 0 0 0
Goodwin cf 4 1 2 0
Damon rf,lf 4 2 2 0
Rosado p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Converse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 12 8
Toronto 000 000 000040
Kansas City 002 321 00x8121
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (0-2) 3.1 6 5 5 3 4
  Flener   2.2 4 3 3 1 1
  Timlin   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
4
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rosado  W (2-0) 7.2 3 0 0 4 5
  Williams   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Converse   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
4
5

  E–Roberts (1).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Bell (3,off Williams); Offerman (2,off Flener).  3B–Toronto Carter (1,off Rosado), Kansas City Offerman (2,off Williams).  HR–Kansas City Davis (3,5th inning off Flener 1 on, 0 out).  SB–Garcia (6,2nd base off Rosado/Macfarlane).  WP–Rosado (1).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:46.  A–12,046.
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