Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
July 5, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1997 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians 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 4, Cleveland Indians 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 4 0 1 0
Goodwin cf 4 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 1 1 0
King 1b 3 1 0 0
Davis dh 4 0 0 0
Nunnally rf 3 1 1 1
  Halter ph 1 0 0 0
Damon lf 2 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
Cooper 3b 2 0 1 1
  Paquette ph 1 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 3 1 2 2
Pittsley p 0 0 0 0
  Bones p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 4 1 1 2
Seitzer dh 5 0 1 1
Thome 1b 4 1 2 1
Ramirez rf 5 1 2 1
Williams 3b 5 1 1 0
Giles lf 4 1 1 1
Fernandez 2b 4 1 2 0
Borders c 4 1 3 0
Vizquel ss 4 1 2 0
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 15 6
Kansas City 001 300 000462
Cleveland 042 010 01x8150
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Pittsley  L (2-6) 4.2 12 7 6 1 5
  Bones   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Walker   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Olson   1.1 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
15
8
7
3
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy  W (9-4) 7.0 6 4 4 2 4
  Mesa   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
2
6

  E–Bell (6), Macfarlane (4).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Cleveland Grissom (11,off Pittsley); Fernandez (14,off Pittsley).  HR–Kansas City Macfarlane (3,3rd inning off Nagy 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Ramirez (12,3rd inning off Pittsley 0 on, 0 out); Giles (9,5th inning off Pittsley 0 on, 1 out); Thome (24,8th inning off Olson 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Cooper (2,off Nagy).  SB–Vizquel (21,2nd base off Bones/Macfarlane); Fernandez (3,2nd base off Walker/Macfarlane).  WP–Pittsley (2).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:40.  A–42,892.
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