Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
April 17, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1998 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, Oakland Athletics 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 6 1 2 1
Offerman 2b 5 1 2 1
Morris dh 6 0 4 1
Palmer 3b 5 0 0 1
King 1b 5 0 0 0
Mack lf 5 1 1 0
Sutton rf 4 0 1 0
Fasano c 3 0 1 0
  Pendleton ph 1 0 0 0
  Sweeney c 1 1 1 0
Halter ss 4 0 1 0
Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
  Bevil p 0 0 0 0
  Rosado p 0 0 0 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 4 13 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
McDonald cf 4 0 0 0
Grieve rf 6 0 0 0
Stairs 1b 5 0 0 0
Giambi dh 5 0 1 0
Magadan 3b 4 0 0 0
Abbott ss 5 0 2 0
Macfarlane c 5 1 2 0
Spiezio 2b 4 0 2 1
Oquist p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Dougherty p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 1 7 1
Kansas City 100 000 000 0034130
Oakland 000 000 100 000170
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Pichardo   6.0 4 0 0 3 5
  Bevil   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Rosado   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Service  W (1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 2 4
  Montgomery  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
12.0
7
1
1
7
14
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Oquist   8.0 8 1 1 0 5
  Taylor   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Dougherty  L (0-2) 1.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Mohler   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
12.0
13
4
4
1
8

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Damon (5,off Oquist), Oakland Spiezio (2,off Pichardo); Macfarlane (2,off Bevil).  SH–Sutton (1,off Dougherty).  SF–Palmer (2,off Oquist).  HBP–Offerman (1,by Dougherty).  SB–Offerman (3,2nd base off Dougherty/Macfarlane); Henderson (4,2nd base off Pichardo/Fasano).  CS–Palmer (1,2nd base by Oquist/Macfarlane).  HBP–Dougherty (1,Offerman).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:39.  A–7,402.
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