Kansas City Royals vs Chicago Cubs
July 2, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 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 2, Chicago Cubs 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 4 0 0 0
Howard 2b 4 0 2 0
Bell ss 3 1 2 0
King 1b 3 0 0 0
Damon lf 4 0 1 0
Dye rf 3 0 1 0
  Nunnally pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Paquette 3b 2 0 1 0
  Cooper ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 3 0 1 1
Appier p 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 1 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
  Offerman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Glanville lf 4 1 2 0
McRae cf 4 1 1 0
Grace 1b 3 0 1 1
Sosa rf 4 1 1 2
Hansen 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez 3b 1 0 0 0
Dunston ss 3 0 1 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 3 0 0 0
Servais c 3 0 2 0
Foster p 3 0 1 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Kansas City 000 000 110290
Chicago 010 020 00x392
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  L (6-6) 6.0 9 3 3 1 5
  Pichardo   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
1
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Foster  W (10-5) 6.1 7 1 1 3 4
  Patterson   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Bottenfield   1.0 1 1 0 0 1
  Rojas  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
1
3
8

  E–Grace 2 (4).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Kansas City Paquette (14,off Foster); Dye (7,off Foster), Chicago Glanville (10,off Appier); McRae (20,off Appier).  HR–Chicago Sosa (17,2nd inning off Appier 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Macfarlane (2,by Foster); Grace (1,by Appier).  CS–Howard (1,2nd base by Foster/Servais); Damon (7,2nd base by Foster/Servais).  SB–Dunston (17,2nd base off Appier/Macfarlane).  IBB–Appier (1,Grace); Foster (4,Macfarlane).  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:41.  A–23,591.
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