Kansas City Royals vs Cincinnati Reds
June 23, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1998 at Cinergy Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 6, Cincinnati Reds 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 5 2 2 4
Offerman 2b 5 1 1 0
Morris 1b 5 0 4 1
King 3b 5 0 0 0
Sutton rf 5 0 0 0
Conine lf 4 1 1 1
Rivera ss 3 1 1 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
Fasano c 2 1 2 0
Rapp p 2 0 0 0
  Halter ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Harris rf 4 0 0 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
Frank cf 5 1 1 0
Larkin ss 5 2 3 1
Greene 3b 4 1 1 2
Boone 2b 4 0 1 0
Young lf 4 0 0 1
Casey 1b 4 0 1 0
Fordyce c 4 0 3 0
Klingenbeck p 1 0 0 0
  Nieves ph 0 0 0 0
  Parris p 0 0 0 0
  Stynes ph 1 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Sanders ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Kansas City 011 400 0006110
Cincinnati 200 010 1004100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rapp  W (7-6) 6.0 8 3 3 3 6
  Service  SV (1) 3.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Klingenbeck  L (1-3) 4.0 9 6 6 1 3
  Parris   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Sullivan   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  White   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Graves   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
2
5

  E–None.  2B–Kansas City Morris (16,off Klingenbeck), Cincinnati Greene (11,off Rapp); B Boone (25,off Service).  3B–Kansas City Offerman (8,off Klingenbeck), Cincinnati B Larkin 2 (5,off Rapp 2).  HR–Kansas City Conine (4,2nd inning off Klingenbeck 0 on, 1 out); Damon 2 (8,3rd inning off Klingenbeck 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off Klingenbeck 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Rapp (1,off Klingenbeck); Halter (6,off Sullivan).  HBP–Fasano (5,by Sullivan).  IBB–Fasano (1,by Parris).  SB–Rivera (1,2nd base off Parris/Fordyce); Harris (1,2nd base off Rapp/Fasano).  WP–Rapp 2 (8).  HBP–Sullivan (4,Fasano).  IBB–Parris (1,Fasano).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Mark Hirschbeck.  T–2:21.  A–18,063.
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