Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 14, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 14, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 4 1 1 0
Goodwin cf 4 1 1 0
Roberts lf 3 1 0 0
  Howard rf 2 1 1 0
King 1b 5 2 3 3
Damon rf,lf 5 1 1 2
Bell ss 4 0 3 1
Cooper 3b 4 0 0 0
Fasano c 3 1 1 1
Belcher p 3 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Casian p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 11 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 0 2 0
Brown cf 4 0 1 0
Kendall c 2 1 0 0
Cummings lf 4 1 1 0
Randa 3b 3 1 2 1
Johnson 1b 2 0 0 0
  Young ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Guillen rf 4 0 1 2
Polcovich ss 4 0 1 0
Lieber p 2 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Osik ph 0 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Sveum ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Kansas City 001 004 0128110
Pittsburgh 000 300 000381
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher  W (8-6) 7.0 7 3 3 3 6
  Williams   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Casian   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Montgomery  SV (1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber  L (3-8) 5.1 6 5 4 2 5
  Peters   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Sodowsky   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Rincon   1.0 2 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
8
7
3
8

  E–M Johnson (5).  DP–Kansas City 2.  PB–Fasano 2 (2).  2B–Kansas City Offerman (10,off Peters).  3B–Kansas City Damon (4,off Lieber).  HR–Kansas City Fasano (1,3rd inning off Lieber 0 on, 1 out); King 2 (11,8th inning off Sodowsky 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Rincon 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Kendall (14,by Mike Williams).  CS–Goodwin (9,2nd base by Lieber/Kendall); A Brown (3,2nd base by Belcher/Fasano).  WP–Belcher (2).  HBP–Mike Williams (1,Kendall).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Scott Potter, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:47.  A–39,509.
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