Houston Astros vs Kansas City Royals
June 18, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1997 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 2, Kansas City Royals 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 1 1 1
Spiers 3b 4 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 1
Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Berry dh 3 0 2 0
Ausmus c 3 0 1 0
Bogar ss 3 0 1 0
Listach cf 2 1 1 0
Wall p 0 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Minor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 8 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 5 1 2 0
Goodwin cf 5 1 3 0
Bell ss 3 1 1 0
King 1b 4 2 2 4
Davis dh 4 0 1 0
Damon lf 3 0 0 0
Dye rf 3 1 1 0
Howard 3b 4 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 1 1
Pittsley p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 5
Houston 000 001 010280
Kansas City 400 001 10x6110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wall  L (2-4) 5.2 8 5 5 3 2
  Magnante   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Minor   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
4
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Pittsley  W (2-4) 8.0 8 2 2 0 4
  Montgomery   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
5

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 3.  2B–Kansas City Davis (5,off Wall).  3B–Houston Listach (1,off Pittsley).  HR–Kansas City King (12,1st inning off Wall 3 on, 0 out).  SH–Listach (4,off Pittsley).  SF–Biggio (5,off Pittsley).  SB–Goodwin (29,2nd base off Wall/Ausmus); Bell (4,2nd base off Magnante/Ausmus).  WP–Wall (2), Minor (4).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:30.  A–20,085.
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