Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
September 19, 1997 Box Score

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

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Cleveland Indians 6, Kansas City Royals 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 5 1 2 1
Fernandez ss 5 0 0 0
Ramirez dh 5 2 4 0
Thome 1b 5 2 3 0
Justice rf 4 0 1 1
  Aven lf 0 0 0 0
Williams 3b 3 0 1 1
Giles lf,rf 4 1 1 1
Borders c 4 0 1 2
Grissom cf 4 0 3 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 16 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Halter cf,rf 3 0 0 0
  Sutton ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Hansen 2b 4 0 3 0
Bell ss 4 1 1 0
King 1b 4 1 1 1
Palmer 3b 3 0 0 0
Dye rf 2 0 0 0
  Damon ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Benitez lf 2 0 1 0
  Myers ph,lf,rf 1 0 0 0
  Offerman ph 1 0 0 1
Stewart dh 2 0 0 0
  Cooper ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Martinez pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Sweeney c 4 0 1 0
Bones p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant p 0 0 0 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Cleveland 000 310 1106160
Kansas City 000 000 002280
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  W (4-1) 5.2 5 0 0 0 1
  Plunk   1.1 0 0 0 0 4
  Shuey   1.0 3 2 2 2 1
  Assenmacher  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bones  L (3-7) 5.0 10 4 4 1 3
  Carrasco   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Whisenant   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Service   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Montgomery   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
6
6
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 3.  2B–Cleveland Grissom (26,off Bones); Giles (14,off Bones); Thome (24,off Bones).  3B–Kansas City Bell (3,off Shuey).  HR–Cleveland Roberts (3,8th inning off Service 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Williams (4,by Bones).  IBB–Justice (11,by Bones).  CS–Williams (4,2nd base by Bones/Sweeney).  SB–Hansen 2 (2,2nd base off Anderson/Borders,3rd base off Anderson/Borders).  HBP–Bones (4,Williams).  IBB–Bones (2,Justice).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:06.  A–16,973.
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