Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
March 31, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on March 31, 1998 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, Baltimore Orioles 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 4 0 0 0
Offerman 2b 4 0 0 0
Morris lf,1b 4 1 1 0
King 1b 2 2 2 0
  Young rf 2 0 0 0
Pendleton dh 4 0 1 0
Palmer 3b 4 1 2 1
Sutton rf,1b,lf 4 0 2 3
Sweeney c 4 0 0 0
Martinez ss 3 0 0 0
Belcher p 0 0 0 0
  Rosado p 0 0 0 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 0 2 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 3 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 3 0 0 0
Carter dh 3 1 1 0
Hoiles c 3 0 1 1
Bordick ss 2 0 0 0
  Hammonds ph 0 0 0 0
  Baines ph 1 0 0 0
  Guillen ss 0 0 0 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Kansas City 010 200 001480
Baltimore 000 000 010150
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher  W (1-0) 7.0 3 0 0 0 6
  Rosado   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Service   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Montgomery  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
8
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina  L (0-1) 8.0 6 3 3 0 11
  Charlton   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Mills   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
0
11

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Pendleton (1,off Mussina); Sutton (1,off Charlton), Baltimore Carter (1,off Rosado); Hoiles (1,off Rosado).  SB–Palmer 2 (2,2nd base off Mussina/Hoiles,2nd base off Charlton/Hoiles).  CS–Davis (1,2nd base by Belcher/Sweeney).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–2:38.  A–46,820.
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