Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox
June 23, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1997 at Comiskey Park II. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 5 1 3 0
  Howard pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Goodwin cf 4 1 1 0
Bell ss 4 2 2 2
King 1b 5 2 4 3
Davis dh 4 0 1 1
Damon lf 4 0 2 0
Dye rf 4 0 0 0
  Nunnally ph 1 0 0 0
Cooper 3b 5 0 1 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 0 0
Rosado p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Casian p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
  Haney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 14 6
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 2 0 0 1
Cameron cf 2 1 1 1
  Martinez ph,cf,rf 2 0 0 0
Thomas 1b 5 1 2 0
  Lewis cf 0 0 0 0
Belle lf 4 1 1 1
Mouton rf 4 0 0 0
  Valdez 1b 0 0 0 0
Baines dh 2 2 1 1
Snopek 3b 4 1 1 1
Karkovice c 2 0 0 0
  Fabregas ph,c 2 0 1 2
Guillen ss 4 1 3 0
Drabek p 0 0 0 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 7
Kansas City 102 300 0006141
Chicago 012 003 10x7101
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rosado   5.1 7 6 6 2 3
  Veres   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Casian   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Pichardo  L (2-3) 1.1 1 1 0 1 0
  Haney   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
4
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek   3.2 9 6 6 2 3
  McElroy   3.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Karchner  W (1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez  SV (17) 1.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
3
6

  E–Offerman (4), Drabek (1).  2B–Kansas City Offerman (13,off Drabek); King (17,off Drabek), Chicago Snopek (8,off Rosado).  3B–Chicago Guillen (3,off Rosado).  HR–Kansas City King (14,3rd inning off Drabek 1 on, 0 out); Bell (12,4th inning off Drabek 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Baines (7,2nd inning off Rosado 0 on, 2 out); Cameron (2,3rd inning off Rosado 0 on, 2 out); Belle (17,6th inning off Rosado 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Goodwin (8,off McElroy); Durham (1,off Haney).  IBB–Damon (1,by Hernandez); Baines (7,by Pichardo).  SF–Durham (5,off Rosado).  IBB–Pichardo (5,Baines); Hernandez (4,Damon).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Ted Barrett.  T–3:26.  A–28,490.
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