Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 15, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 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 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 4 2 4 3
Goodwin cf 5 0 2 1
Bell ss 4 0 1 2
King 1b 0 0 0 0
  Cooper 1b 3 0 0 0
Paquette 3b 5 1 2 0
Damon lf 3 1 1 0
Howard rf 5 3 3 1
Macfarlane c 4 1 1 1
Appier p 2 0 0 0
  Vitiello ph 1 0 0 0
  Rusch p 1 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Santiago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 0 0
Brown A. cf 4 0 0 0
Cummings lf 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Young 1b 3 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 0 0 0
Osik c 3 0 1 0
Guillen rf 3 0 3 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Polcovich ss 2 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Brown E. ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Cooke p 0 0 0 0
  Wainhouse p 1 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
  Sveum ss 2 1 1 1
Totals 32 1 6 1
Kansas City 030 104 0008140
Pittsburgh 000 001 000160
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  W (5-5) 5.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Rusch   3.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Santiago   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cooke  L (5-8) 1.2 3 3 3 2 1
  Wainhouse   2.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Ruebel   1.2 5 4 4 0 2
  Sodowsky   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Peters   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Wilkins   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
5
6

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Kansas City Howard 2 (5,off Cooke,off Ruebel); Offerman 2 (12,off Cooke,off Peters); Paquette (12,off Ruebel).  HR–Pittsburgh Sveum (2,6th inning off Rusch 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Damon (2,off Ruebel).  HBP–Damon (1,by Cooke); Young (4,by Santiago).  IBB–King (2,by Cooke).  CS–Offerman (9,2nd base by Wainhouse/Osik).  WP–Cooke (5).  HBP–Santiago (1,Young); Cooke (6,Damon).  IBB–Cooke (3,King).  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–Scott Potter, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–2:41.  A–35,774.
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