Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
September 20, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1997 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 2, Kansas City Royals 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 5 1 2 2
Fernandez ss 4 0 2 0
Ramirez rf 3 0 1 0
Williams 3b 4 0 1 0
Justice dh 4 0 1 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 0 0 0
Thome 1b 4 0 2 0
Grissom cf 4 0 0 0
Giles lf 4 1 1 0
Juden p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 4 0 0 0
Halter rf 2 0 0 0
  Damon ph,cf 2 1 1 2
Bell ss 4 1 1 0
Davis dh 3 0 0 0
King 1b 3 1 1 2
Palmer 3b 3 0 0 0
Benitez lf 3 1 2 0
Sweeney c 2 0 1 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
  Macfarlane c 0 0 0 0
Myers cf,rf 2 1 0 0
Rusch p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 4
Cleveland 000 020 0002100
Kansas City 000 000 23x560
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Juden   7.0 4 2 2 0 7
  Lopez  L (3-6) 1.0 2 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
1
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rusch   7.0 7 2 2 0 6
  Olson  W (4-3) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Montgomery  SV (14) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
0
8

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Justice (30,off Rusch); Thome (25,off Montgomery).  3B–Kansas City Damon (8,off Lopez).  HR–Cleveland Roberts (4,5th inning off Rusch 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City King (24,7th inning off Juden 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Ramirez (7,by Rusch).  SB–Benitez (2,2nd base off Lopez/Alomar).  WP–Lopez (5).  HBP–Rusch (6,Ramirez).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:19.  A–19,125.
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