Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
September 20, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 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 3, Cleveland Indians 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Beltran cf 5 0 1 0
Febles 2b 5 1 1 0
Damon rf 4 0 2 1
Palmer 3b 4 0 1 0
Giambi lf 4 1 1 1
Pendleton dh 3 0 2 0
  Brown pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Offerman ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Morris 1b 4 0 1 0
Sweeney c 3 0 0 0
Lopez ss 3 0 2 0
  Sutton ph 1 0 1 1
  Halter pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Rapp p 0 0 0 0
  McDill p 0 0 0 0
  Suppan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 12 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 3 0 0 0
Vizquel ss 4 1 3 0
Justice dh 4 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 3 0 1 0
Thome 1b 3 1 1 0
Fryman 3b 4 1 1 1
Giles lf 2 1 1 1
Whiten cf 3 0 0 0
Diaz c 4 1 1 3
Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Karsay p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
Kansas City 000 001 1103121
Cleveland 010 210 01x581
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rapp  L (12-13) 4.2 6 4 4 5 5
  McDill   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Suppan   3.0 2 1 1 0 3
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
6
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Colon  W (14-8) 7.0 9 2 1 2 9
  Karsay   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Assenmacher   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Jackson  SV (40) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
3
2
3
9

  E–Lopez (12), Cora (20).  DP–Kansas City 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Kansas City Pendleton (10,off Colon), Cleveland Giles (18,off Rapp).  HR–Kansas City Giambi (2,6th inning off Colon 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Diaz (2,4th inning off Rapp 1 on, 2 out); Fryman (28,8th inning off Suppan 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Sweeney (2,off Karsay).  HBP–Palmer (6,by Jackson).  SB–Lopez (5,2nd base off Colon/Diaz); Vizquel (36,2nd base off Rapp/Sweeney).  WP–Rapp 2 (14).  HBP–Jackson (4,Palmer).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:03.  A–43,082.
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