Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox
September 17, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1998 at Comiskey Park II. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 13, Chicago White Sox 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon rf 3 2 1 4
  Brown ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Beltran cf 6 1 1 0
Offerman 2b 4 4 4 2
  Febles 2b 1 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 5 0 2 2
  Halter 3b 1 0 0 0
King 1b 3 1 0 1
  Ortiz 1b 0 0 0 0
Pendleton dh 5 1 2 1
Morris lf 4 2 3 1
  Hatcher lf 1 0 0 0
Spehr c 3 1 1 0
Lopez ss 3 1 2 2
Belcher p 0 0 0 0
  Bones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 13 16 13
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 5 1 2 1
Caruso ss 4 0 1 0
Thomas dh 3 1 1 0
Belle lf 3 1 1 3
  Cameron cf 1 0 1 0
Ventura 3b 3 0 1 0
  Wilson 3b 1 0 0 0
Norton 1b 4 0 1 0
Ordonez rf 4 0 1 0
Abbott cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Kreuter c 2 1 1 0
  Johnson c 2 0 0 0
Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Navarro p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Eyre p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
Kansas City 302 116 00013160
Chicago 004 000 0004111
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher  W (14-12) 7.0 9 4 4 1 0
  Bones   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baldwin  L (11-6) 2.1 6 5 5 2 2
  Castillo   2.2 3 2 1 1 1
  Navarro   1.0 5 6 6 1 1
  Ward   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Eyre   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
13
12
4
6

  E–C Castillo (1).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Palmer (27,off Baldwin); Lopez (10,off C Castillo), Chicago Durham (34,off Belcher); Jeff Abbott (13,off Belcher); Cameron (14,off Bones).  3B–Kansas City Offerman (13,off Baldwin).  HR–Kansas City Damon (17,6th inning off Navarro 2 on, 2 out), Chicago Belle (47,3rd inning off Belcher 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Lopez (5,off Baldwin).  SF–Damon (3,off C Castillo); King (10,off Navarro).  HBP–Spehr (1,by Baldwin); Lopez (1,by C Castillo).  SB–Beltran (1,2nd base off Baldwin/Kreuter); Offerman 3 (43,2nd base off Baldwin/Kreuter,2nd base off Navarro/Kreuter,3rd base off Navarro/Kreuter); Palmer (8,2nd base off C Castillo/Kreuter).  HBP–Baldwin (10,Spehr); C Castillo (4,Lopez).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:09.  A–13,552.
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