Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
September 23, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1998 at Kauffman Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Kansas City Royals 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Encarnacion cf 5 1 2 1
Higginson lf 5 1 2 0
Easley 2b 5 1 1 1
Clark dh 3 2 1 0
Fick 1b 4 0 2 2
Kapler rf 3 0 1 0
Randa 3b 3 0 0 1
Cruz ss 4 0 1 0
Siddall c 4 0 1 0
Florie p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
Febles 2b 4 0 1 0
Damon rf 4 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 3 1 2 1
Giambi lf 3 0 0 0
King 1b 3 0 0 0
Morris dh 3 0 0 0
Lopez ss 3 0 0 0
Spehr c 2 0 1 0
  Sutton ph 1 0 0 0
Appier p 0 0 0 0
  Rusch p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Detroit 301 010 0005110
Kansas City 000 100 000140
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Florie  W (8-9) 7.0 3 1 1 0 9
  Brocail   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
11
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  L (1-2) 5.0 10 5 5 2 4
  Rusch   3.0 1 0 0 0 4
  Montgomery   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
8

  E–None.  2B–Detroit Higginson (37,off Appier); Clark (37,off Appier).  3B–Kansas City Febles (2,off Brocail).  HR–Detroit Encarnacion (6,1st inning off Appier 0 on, 0 out); Easley (27,3rd inning off Appier 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Palmer (34,4th inning off Florie 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Randa (3,off Appier).  IBB–Clark (5,by Appier).  CS–Encarnacion (4,2nd base by Appier/Spehr).  WP–Appier (1).  IBB–Appier (1,Clark).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–2:30.  A–12,100.
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