Kansas City Royals vs Chicago Cubs
July 1, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1997 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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 1, Chicago Cubs 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 4 0 1 1
Bell ss 3 0 0 0
Damon lf 4 0 1 0
King 1b 3 0 0 0
Dye rf 4 0 0 0
Paquette 3b 4 0 0 0
Fasano c 3 0 0 0
  Nunnally ph 0 0 0 0
Howard 2b 4 1 3 0
Rusch p 2 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Glanville lf 3 2 2 1
McRae cf 4 1 1 0
Grace 1b 4 2 2 1
Sosa rf 4 1 2 1
Dunston ss 4 0 3 1
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 3 0 1 2
Hernandez 3b 3 0 0 0
Hubbard c 3 0 0 0
Castillo p 3 0 0 0
  Sanchez ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 11 6
Kansas City 001 000 000150
Chicago 401 100 00x6111
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rusch  L (3-5) 6.0 10 6 6 1 1
  Walker   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
2
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Castillo  W (5-9) 8.0 5 1 0 1 6
  Wendell   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
3
7

  E–Hernandez (4).  DP–Kansas City 3, Chicago 1.  2B–Kansas City Goodwin (11,off Castillo); Howard (6,off Castillo), Chicago McRae (19,off Rusch); Sosa (21,off Rusch); Sandberg (14,off Rusch).  HR–Chicago Glanville (2,4th inning off Rusch 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Sandberg (2,off Rusch).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Sam Holbrook, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:19.  A–18,745.
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