New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
August 5, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1997 at Kauffman Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 4, Kansas City Royals 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Jeter ss 4 0 1 0
Sojo 2b 3 2 2 0
Williams cf 3 1 2 0
Martinez 1b 4 1 2 1
O'Neill rf 4 0 1 2
Hayes 3b 4 0 0 0
Boggs dh 4 0 1 0
  Kelly pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Curtis lf 4 0 0 0
Girardi c 4 0 0 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 5 1 2 0
Damon cf 5 0 2 1
Bell ss 5 0 1 0
Davis dh 4 0 1 0
Palmer 3b 3 0 2 0
King 1b 4 0 1 0
Benitez rf 4 0 0 0
Vitiello lf 4 0 2 0
Sweeney c 3 0 0 0
Appier p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 1 11 1
New York 300 000 010491
Kansas City 100 000 0001110
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  W (5-4) 5.0 6 1 1 2 2
  Mendoza   2.2 5 0 0 0 4
  Stanton   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Rivera   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
1
1
2
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  L (6-10) 7.1 7 4 4 2 5
  Whisenant   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Olson   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
6

  E–Hayes (8).  DP–New York 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–New York Martinez (22,off Appier); Sojo (5,off Appier), Kansas City Offerman (17,off Rogers); King (23,off Mendoza); Vitiello (6,off Mendoza).  HBP–Sweeney (4,by Mendoza).  CS–Damon (9,2nd base by Rogers/Girardi).  WP–Appier (11).  BK–Appier (1).  HBP–Mendoza (5,Sweeney).  U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:21.  A–21,073.
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