Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
May 20, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1999 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 1, Kansas City Royals 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 4 1 1 0
Grieve rf 4 0 2 1
Giambi 1b 3 0 1 0
Stairs dh 4 0 1 0
Raines lf 4 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 3 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 3 0 0 0
Tejada ss 3 0 0 0
McDonald cf 3 0 0 0
Oquist p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Beltran cf 3 0 0 1
Randa 3b 4 0 1 0
Damon lf 4 0 0 0
Sweeney dh 3 2 2 0
Dye rf 3 2 2 2
Sutton 1b 4 1 1 1
Kreuter c 3 1 1 1
Febles 2b 4 1 1 2
Sanchez ss 4 0 1 0
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 7
Oakland 000 000 001150
Kansas City 000 205 00x790
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Oquist  L (4-3) 5.0 8 6 6 2 6
  Jones   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Taylor   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
3
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  W (3-3) 9.0 5 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
2

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Oakland Stairs (7,off Suppan); Phillips (10,off Suppan), Kansas City Randa (7,off Oquist); Kreuter (8,off Oquist).  3B–Kansas City Febles (4,off Jones).  HR–Kansas City Dye (9,4th inning off Oquist 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Beltran (3,off Jones).  WP–Oquist (1).  U-HP–Terry Craft, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–2:20.  A–15,172.
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