Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 25, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 25, 1997 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Kansas City Royals 1, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 4 0 0 0
Damon lf 5 0 1 0
Bell ss 4 1 1 0
Davis dh 4 0 0 0
King 1b 4 0 1 1
Offerman 2b 3 0 2 0
Sweeney c 4 0 3 0
Benitez rf 4 0 1 0
Howard 3b 3 0 1 0
  Roberts ph 0 0 0 0
Rusch p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 10 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 0 0 0
Merced rf 1 0 0 0
Carter lf 4 0 1 1
Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 3 0 1 0
Green dh 3 0 0 0
Santiago c 3 0 1 0
Garcia 2b 3 1 1 0
Gonzalez ss 3 1 1 1
Person p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Escobar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
Kansas City 100 000 0001100
Toronto 001 010 00x250
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rusch  L (3-6) 7.0 5 2 2 2 5
  Walker   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Perez   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
3
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Person  W (4-6) 6.1 7 1 1 3 5
  Plesac   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Escobar  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
5
7

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1, Toronto 2.  2B–Kansas City Benitez (1,off Person), Toronto Garcia (15,off Rusch).  HR–Toronto Gonzalez (10,5th inning off Rusch 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Howard (2,2nd base off Person/Santiago); Merced (7,2nd base off Rusch/Sweeney); Garcia (10,3rd base off Rusch/Sweeney).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Ted Barrett.  T–2:40.  A–31,308.
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