Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
June 5, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1997 at Kauffman Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 6, Kansas City Royals 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno 2b 6 1 1 1
Rodriguez c 5 0 0 0
Greer lf 4 1 2 1
Gonzalez dh 5 1 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 5 1 2 1
Stevens rf 2 0 0 0
  Devereaux rf 0 0 0 0
  Newson ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Buford cf 5 1 2 2
Gil ss 3 1 0 1
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 8 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 5 0 2 0
Goodwin cf 5 1 2 0
Roberts lf 5 0 0 0
  Paquette lf 0 0 0 0
King 1b 4 2 1 1
Damon rf 4 0 2 1
Vitiello dh 3 0 0 0
  Davis ph,dh 1 0 0 1
Cooper 3b 5 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 0 0
Halter ss 3 0 1 0
Appier p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 8 3
Texas 100 001 010 03681
Kansas City 000 100 020 00380
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt   7.0 5 1 1 2 1
  Vosberg   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Hernandez   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Wetteland  W (3-0) 3.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
11.0
8
3
3
3
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier   9.0 4 3 3 5 11
  Pichardo  L (1-2) 1.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Veres   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
8
6
6
6
12

  E–Vosberg (1).  DP–Texas 1, Kansas City 1.  HR–Texas Cedeno (1,1st inning off Appier 0 on, 0 out); Buford (5,8th inning off Appier 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City King (7,4th inning off Witt 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Gil (2,off Veres); Davis (2,off Wetteland).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–3:37.  A–17,351.
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