Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
September 14, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1998 at Kauffman Stadium. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 6, Kansas City Royals 16

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 2 3 1
Christenson cf 5 1 1 2
Giambi 1b 3 1 1 3
  McDonald ph 0 0 0 0
Stairs dh 5 0 2 0
Blowers 3b 3 0 1 0
Grieve rf 2 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 4 0 0 0
  Velandia ss 0 0 0 0
Tejada ss 3 1 1 0
  Chavez ph 1 0 0 0
  Bournigal 2b 0 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 1 1 0
Haynes p 0 0 0 0
  Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Holzemer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf,rf 4 3 2 1
  Brown pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Sutton rf 4 0 2 1
  Beltran cf 1 2 1 0
Offerman 2b 5 2 2 0
  Febles ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Palmer 3b 4 0 2 4
  Leius ph,3b 1 0 1 1
Giambi dh 2 1 0 1
King 1b 6 3 2 3
  Halter 1b 0 0 0 0
Morris lf 3 1 1 0
  Conine ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Sweeney c 5 2 4 4
  Ortiz c 0 0 0 0
Lopez ss 5 1 1 1
Rosado p 0 0 0 0
  Bones p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant p 0 0 0 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 16 19 16
Oakland 100 050 0006102
Kansas City 113 113 24x16190
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Haynes   4.0 7 6 3 3 3
  Stein  L (5-9) 2.0 5 4 4 2 0
  Groom   1.0 2 2 1 1 1
  Holzemer   1.0 5 4 4 1 0
Totals
8.0
19
16
12
7
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rosado   4.1 9 6 6 2 4
  Bones  W (2-1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Whisenant   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Service  SV (4) 2.1 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
6
8

  E–Grieve (2), Tejada (23).  DP–Oakland 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Damon (26,off Haynes); Sutton (14,off Haynes); Sweeney 2 (18,off Stein,off Holzemer); Palmer (25,off Groom); Lopez (9,off Holzemer).  HR–Oakland Henderson (14,1st inning off Rosado 0 on, 0 out); Giambi (25,5th inning off Rosado 2 on, 1 out), Kansas City Sweeney (8,3rd inning off Haynes 2 on, 2 out); King (24,6th inning off Stein 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Palmer (11,off Haynes); Giambi (1,off Holzemer).  SB–Henderson 2 (62,2nd base off Whisenant/Sweeney,3rd base off Service/Sweeney).  WP–Stein 2 (13), Holzemer (1), Service (9).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:16.  A–12,103.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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