Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
August 19, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1997 at Kauffman Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 12, Kansas City Royals 9

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 1 1 0
Ledesma 2b 5 1 2 1
Surhoff lf 5 2 1 1
Berroa rf 4 0 1 2
  Tarasco rf 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 3 3 1
Ripken, Jr. 3b 5 1 1 1
Baines dh 4 2 1 0
Webster c 5 2 3 4
Reboulet ss 4 0 2 1
Kamieniecki p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 12 15 11
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 5 2 2 1
Damon cf 4 1 1 1
Bell ss 4 2 1 1
Davis dh 5 0 1 1
Palmer 3b 4 0 1 1
King 1b 4 0 1 1
Dye rf 4 2 2 0
Sweeney c 4 2 2 1
Hansen 2b 3 0 1 2
Belcher p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 9
Baltimore 026 013 00012150
Kansas City 202 300 0209121
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Kamieniecki   3.1 8 7 7 2 0
  Mathews  W (3-2) 4.0 3 2 2 1 2
  Benitez   1.2 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
4
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher  L (11-12) 5.1 9 10 6 2 3
  Walker   1.2 5 2 2 0 2
  Carrasco   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Whisenant   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
12
8
2
6

  E–Palmer (15).  2B–Baltimore Webster (5,off Belcher); Surhoff (25,off Walker), Kansas City Dye (8,off Kamieniecki); Sweeney (6,off Kamieniecki).  3B–Kansas City Roberts (1,off Kamieniecki); Hansen (1,off Benitez).  HR–Baltimore Webster (5,3rd inning off Belcher 2 on, 2 out); Palmeiro (26,5th inning off Belcher 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Berroa (7,off Belcher).  SH–Hansen (2,off Kamieniecki).  SB–Roberts (15,2nd base off Kamieniecki/Webster); Damon (9,2nd base off Mathews/Webster); King (12,2nd base off Mathews/Webster).  WP–Belcher (4).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Ray DiMuro, 3B–Martin Foster.  T–3:12.
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