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 Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 2, Kansas City Royals 9

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 1 2 0
Reboulet 2b 3 1 2 2
Surhoff dh 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 3 0 0 0
  Ledesma 3b 1 0 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 0 0
Hoiles c 4 0 0 0
Tarasco rf 3 0 0 0
Hammonds lf 3 0 1 0
Bordick ss 3 0 1 0
Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 5 0 0 0
Halter 3b 5 0 0 0
Bell ss 3 2 1 0
Davis dh 5 2 3 3
Dye rf 3 1 1 0
Sutton 1b 5 1 1 0
Benitez lf 4 2 2 1
Macfarlane c 2 1 2 1
Hansen 2b 3 0 3 4
Bones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 13 9
Baltimore 000 000 002270
Kansas City 012 140 01x9130
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Yan  L (0-1) 4.1 11 8 8 3 1
  Rhodes   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Mills   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
5
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bones  W (3-4) 9.0 7 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
0
1

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Kansas City 1.  PB–Hoiles (3).  2B–Kansas City Macfarlane (7,off Yan); Dye (9,off Yan).  3B–Kansas City Macfarlane (1,off Yan).  HR–Baltimore Reboulet (4,9th inning off Bones 1 on, 0 out), Kansas City Davis 2 (23,3rd inning off Yan 1 on, 1 out,8th inning off Mills 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Reboulet (11,off Bones).  SF–Hansen (1,off Yan).  HBP–Macfarlane (6,by Yan).  SB–Damon (10,2nd base off Yan/Hoiles).  HBP–Yan (1,Macfarlane).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Ray DiMuro, 2B–Martin Foster, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–2:26.  A–17,402.
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