Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
September 25, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1999 at Tiger 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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Kansas City Royals 3, Detroit Tigers 11

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Febles 2b 3 0 1 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 4 0 3 1
  Giambi ph 1 0 0 0
Beltran cf 3 0 0 1
Dye rf 3 0 0 0
Sweeney dh 4 0 1 0
Randa 3b 4 1 1 0
Quinn lf 3 0 1 1
Vitiello 1b 3 0 0 0
  Sutton ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Fasano c 1 2 1 0
  Pose ph 1 0 0 0
Suzuki p 0 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Rigby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 3 2 2 3
  Bartee cf 0 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 2 3 3
Clark 1b 5 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 3 1 0 0
Easley 2b 4 0 1 0
Garcia rf 4 1 1 0
Encarnacion cf,lf 4 2 1 3
Fick dh 3 2 2 0
Cruz ss 2 1 0 0
Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 11 10 9
Kansas City 000 010 110381
Detroit 001 005 23x11101
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suzuki  L (1-5) 5.1 4 4 1 4 3
  Murray   1.2 3 4 2 1 3
  Rigby   1.0 3 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
11
6
6
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Nitkowski  W (4-5) 6.1 5 2 2 3 10
  Cordero   1.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Anderson   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
13

  E–Beltran (12), Nitkowski (3).  DP–Kansas City 1, Detroit 2.  2B–Kansas City Sweeney (42,off Cordero), Detroit Ausmus (25,off Suzuki).  3B–Detroit Polonia (8,off Rigby).  HR–Detroit Encarnacion (19,6th inning off Murray 2 on, 2 out); Ausmus (9,7th inning off Murray 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Beltran (9,off Nitkowski).  HBP–Fasano 2 (6,by Nitkowski 2).  SH–D Cruz (12,off Suzuki).  SB–Ausmus (12,2nd base off Suzuki/Fasano).  CS–Polonia (8,2nd base by Suzuki/Fasano).  WP–Suzuki (11).  HBP–Nitkowski 2 (3,Fasano 2).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Jim Reynolds, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:50.  A–41,164.
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