Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
September 18, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1998 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 1, Cleveland Indians 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon rf 4 0 1 1
Beltran cf 4 0 1 0
Offerman 2b 4 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 3 0 0 0
Giambi dh 4 0 0 0
King 1b 2 0 0 0
  Conine ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Morris lf,1b 3 1 1 0
Spehr c 2 0 1 0
Lopez ss 3 0 2 0
  Sutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Halter pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Appier p 0 0 0 0
  Rusch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 4 1 1 0
Wilson ss 4 1 1 0
Justice dh 2 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 2 1 0 0
Thome 1b 4 1 1 2
Whiten cf 4 0 1 2
Giles lf 4 0 1 0
Diaz c 3 0 1 0
Branson 3b 3 0 0 0
Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Ogea p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Kansas City 000 100 000162
Cleveland 400 000 00x460
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  L (1-1) 5.0 5 4 4 3 3
  Rusch   3.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
3
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  W (12-9) 5.0 5 1 1 7 4
  Ogea   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Shuey  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
8
7

  E–Damon (4), Palmer (22).  DP–Kansas City 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Kansas City Beltran (1,off Wright); Spehr (2,off Wright); Damon (27,off Wright), Cleveland Thome (34,off Appier).  3B–Kansas City Lopez (2,off Ogea).  HBP–Beltran (1,by Wright); M Ramirez (5,by Appier).  HBP–Appier (1,M Ramirez); Wright (11,Beltran).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:53.  A–43,260.
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