New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
August 17, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1998 at Kauffman Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 7, Kansas City Royals 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 0 2 0
Jeter ss 3 1 0 0
Davis dh 4 1 1 1
Williams cf 5 2 2 2
Martinez 1b 5 1 1 3
Raines lf 4 1 2 1
Curtis rf 3 0 0 0
Brosius 3b 4 0 0 0
Girardi c 4 1 2 0
Cone p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 10 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 4 0 0 0
Morris 1b 3 1 2 0
Offerman 2b 4 0 2 0
Palmer 3b 4 0 1 1
Pendleton dh 3 0 0 0
Dye rf 4 0 0 0
Sutton lf 2 0 0 0
  Halter ph 1 0 0 0
Sweeney c 4 0 1 0
Lopez ss 4 0 0 0
Rosado p 0 0 0 0
  Bones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
New York 010 050 0107100
Kansas City 000 010 000160
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  W (18-4) 7.0 5 1 1 4 4
  Stanton   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rosado  L (6-9) 6.1 7 6 6 4 3
  Bones   2.2 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
4
5

  E–None.  2B–Kansas City Offerman (23,off Cone); Morris (27,off Cone); Sweeney (13,off Stanton).  HR–New York Williams (19,2nd inning off Rosado 0 on, 0 out); Martinez (19,5th inning off Rosado 2 on, 2 out); Raines (5,8th inning off Bones 0 on, 0 out).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Martin Foster.  T–2:47.  A–27,895.
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