Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
April 8, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1999 at Kauffman Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Offerman dh 5 1 2 1
Lewis cf 4 0 0 0
Valentin 3b 3 0 0 1
Stanley 1b 4 0 2 0
O'Leary lf 4 0 1 0
Frye 2b 4 0 1 0
Varitek c 4 1 1 0
Sadler ss 4 1 2 0
Nixon rf 3 1 1 2
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 0 0 0
Damon lf 4 0 0 0
King 1b 2 1 1 0
Sweeney dh 3 0 1 0
Dye rf 3 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 4 0 2 1
Spehr c 2 0 0 0
  Sutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Kreuter c 1 0 0 0
Febles 2b 2 0 0 0
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
  Wengert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Boston 100 010 0024100
Kansas City 010 000 000141
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  W (1-0) 6.1 3 1 1 4 4
  Lowe   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Gordon  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
5
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  L (0-1) 6.0 6 2 2 1 1
  Wengert   3.0 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
1

  E–Dye (1).  DP–Boston 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Boston Offerman 2 (4,off Suppan,off Wengert).  3B–Boston Sadler (1,off Wengert).  HR–Boston Nixon (1,9th inning off Wengert 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Valentin (2,off Suppan).  SB–King (2,2nd base off Wakefield/Varitek); Febles (1,2nd base off Wakefield/Varitek).  WP–Suppan (1).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:24.  A–13,356.
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