Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
June 7, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 7, 1997 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 4, Kansas City Royals 10

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno 2b 4 0 1 1
Rodriguez c 4 1 1 1
  Mercedes c 0 0 0 0
Greer lf 3 1 0 0
Gonzalez dh 4 1 2 2
Clark 1b 4 0 1 0
Palmer 3b 4 0 0 0
Stevens rf 3 0 0 0
Buford cf 2 1 0 0
Gil ss 3 0 0 0
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Whiteside p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
  Santana p 0 0 0 0
  Alberro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 5 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 5 1 3 2
Bell ss 3 1 0 0
Roberts lf 2 0 1 1
  Damon pr,lf 2 1 0 0
King 1b 3 2 1 1
Davis dh 4 2 3 5
Vitiello rf 2 0 1 0
  Halter pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 1 1 0
Paquette 3b 4 1 1 1
Goodwin cf 3 0 1 0
Pittsley p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Casian p 0 0 0 0
  Santiago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 12 10
Texas 001 002 010451
Kansas City 000 505 00x10120
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver  L (3-7) 5.0 7 6 6 2 4
  Whiteside   0.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Vosberg   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Santana   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Alberro   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
12
10
10
5
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Pittsley  W (1-4) 7.0 4 3 3 2 6
  Veres   1.1 1 1 1 0 2
  Casian   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Santiago   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
2
8

  E–Greer (3).  DP–Texas 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Vitiello (5,off Oliver).  3B–Texas Cedeno (3,off Pittsley), Kansas City Offerman (4,off Vosberg).  HR–Texas Gonzalez (10,6th inning off Pittsley 1 on, 2 out); Rodriguez (8,8th inning off Veres 0 on, 2 out), Kansas City Davis 2 (8,4th inning off Oliver 2 on, 0 out,6th inning off Whiteside 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Bell (1,by Vosberg).  SB–Buford (12,2nd base off Pittsley/Macfarlane).  CS–Offerman (7,2nd base by Oliver/Rodriguez); Goodwin (7,2nd base by Oliver/Rodriguez).  IBB–Vosberg (2,Bell).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:45.  A–26,542.
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