Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
September 5, 1997 Box Score

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

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Oakland Athletics 9, Kansas City Royals 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tejada ss 6 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 4 2 2 0
Grieve rf 5 1 2 0
Stairs dh 5 1 2 0
Lesher lf 4 3 3 3
  McDonald lf 0 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 4 1 3 2
Brosius 3b 5 0 1 1
Young cf 4 0 0 0
Molina c 5 1 3 2
Oquist p 0 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
  Kubinski p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 16 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Myers cf 4 1 2 2
Halter 2b 4 1 2 0
  Sutton ph 0 0 0 0
  Macfarlane ph 1 0 0 0
  Hansen 2b 0 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 1 3 1
Davis dh 4 0 1 0
King 1b 5 1 1 3
Cooper 3b 5 0 1 0
Dye rf 5 0 1 0
Benitez lf 5 1 2 0
Sweeney c 4 1 2 0
Rusch p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant p 0 0 0 0
  Bevil p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 15 6
Oakland 002 022 0219160
Kansas City 310 000 1106150
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Oquist  W (3-5) 6.1 8 5 5 3 5
  Small   1.1 4 1 1 0 0
  Kubinski   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Taylor  SV (22) 1.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
6
6
3
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rusch   4.2 9 4 4 4 4
  Carrasco  L (1-5) 1.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Service   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Whisenant   0.2 3 2 2 0 1
  Bevil   1.1 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
16
9
9
4
10

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Giambi (34,off Rusch), Kansas City Halter (4,off Oquist); Myers (3,off Oquist); Bell (22,off Oquist).  HR–Oakland Lesher (4,3rd inning off Rusch 1 on, 2 out); Molina (1,9th inning off Bevil 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City King (21,1st inning off Oquist 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Giambi (6,off Carrasco).  IBB–Davis (12,by Oquist).  WP–Whisenant (2).  IBB–Oquist (3,Davis).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:17.  A–13,299.
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