Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox
September 26, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1997 at Comiskey Park II. The Chicago White Sox 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 2, Chicago White Sox 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 4 0 1 0
Halter cf 4 0 1 0
Bell ss 2 1 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
King 1b 3 1 1 2
  Sutton ph 1 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 4 0 1 0
Dye rf 3 0 1 0
Sweeney dh 3 0 1 0
Benitez lf 3 0 1 0
Macfarlane c 3 0 0 0
Appier p 0 0 0 0
  de la Maza p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 5 2 1 1
Cameron cf 4 0 1 0
Thomas dh 3 0 0 0
  Abbott ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Belle lf 5 1 3 1
  Mouton lf 0 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 2 1 1 0
Ordonez rf 4 1 1 2
Martinez 1b 3 1 1 0
Karkovice c 3 1 1 3
  Fabregas c 0 0 0 0
Martin ss 4 0 0 0
Sirotka p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 7
Kansas City 000 200 000271
Chicago 030 031 00x791
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  L (9-13) 5.0 7 6 5 4 5
  de la Maza   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Carrasco   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
6
5
7
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sirotka  W (3-0) 7.0 7 2 2 1 5
  Cruz   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
7

  E–Benitez (4), Ventura (7).  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Macfarlane (9).  2B–Chicago Ordonez (5,off Appier); Cameron (18,off Carrasco).  HR–Kansas City King (26,4th inning off Sirotka 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Karkovice (6,2nd inning off Appier 1 on, 0 out); Durham (11,6th inning off DeLaMaza 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Karkovice (5,off Appier).  IBB–Martinez (7,by Appier).  SB–Bell (8,2nd base off Sirotka/Karkovice).  WP–Appier 2 (14), DeLaMaza (1).  IBB–Appier (2,Martinez).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–2:36.  A–17,167.
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