Kansas City Royals vs Cincinnati Reds
September 3, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1997 at Cinergy Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds 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 3, Cincinnati Reds 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 5 0 0 1
Myers rf 4 0 0 0
Bell ss 3 0 2 2
Palmer 3b 2 0 0 0
  Cooper 3b 0 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant p 0 0 0 0
  Bevil p 0 0 0 0
Sutton 1b 4 0 1 0
Benitez lf 4 0 1 0
Sweeney c 4 1 1 0
Hansen 2b 3 1 0 0
Bones p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
  Haney p 0 0 0 0
  Halter ph 1 0 0 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph,3b 1 1 0 0
Totals 33 3 5 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sanders D. lf 5 0 1 1
Reese ss 3 2 1 1
Stynes 2b 3 1 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 3 2
Greene 3b 3 0 0 0
Sanders R. rf 2 1 1 0
Taubensee c 3 1 1 2
Nunnally cf 2 1 1 0
  Kelly ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Tomko p 2 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 8 6
Kansas City 000 000 300351
Cincinnati 150 000 00x681
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bones  L (3-5) 2.0 5 6 6 4 1
  Haney   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Service   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Olson   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Whisenant   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Bevil   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
5
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Tomko  W (10-5) 6.2 5 3 3 5 9
  Martinez   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Sullivan   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Shaw  SV (30) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
5
10

  E–Damon (4), Reese (14).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Benitez (7,off Tomko); Bell (21,off Tomko), Cincinnati Perez 2 (17,off Bones 2); R Sanders (15,off Haney).  HR–Cincinnati Reese (3,1st inning off Bones 0 on, 1 out); Taubensee (10,2nd inning off Bones 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Tomko (3,off Bones).  HBP–Greene (1,by Whisenant); Taubensee (1,by Whisenant).  CS–D Sanders (13,3rd base by Bones/Sweeney).  WP–Haney (1).  HBP–Whisenant 2 (3,Greene,Taubensee).  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–2:50.  A–16,285.
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