Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
September 26, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 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 1, Detroit Tigers 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Febles 2b 4 0 1 1
Holbert ss 3 0 0 0
  Sutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Martinez ss 0 0 0 0
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
Dye rf 4 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 4 0 2 0
Randa 3b 3 0 0 0
Quinn lf 2 1 0 0
Giambi dh 2 0 1 0
Spehr c 2 0 0 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
  Fasano c 0 0 0 0
Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Durbin p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Carter p 0 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Polonia dh 3 0 0 0
  Alvarez ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Cruz ss 4 1 2 2
Clark 1b 2 1 0 0
Palmer 3b 4 1 1 2
Easley 2b 3 0 0 0
Garcia rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Encarnacion lf 1 0 0 0
  Bartee pr,cf 2 1 0 0
Fick c 3 1 2 1
Kapler cf,rf 4 1 2 1
Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Weaver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 6
Kansas City 000 001 000141
Detroit 004 200 00x680
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Stein  L (1-2) 3.2 4 6 6 4 2
  Durbin   2.1 1 0 0 1 3
  Byrdak   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Carter   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Morman   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Service   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
5
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Borkowski  W (2-5) 8.0 4 1 1 2 6
  Weaver   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
7

  E–Holbert (2).  DP–Kansas City 1, Detroit 2.  HR–Detroit D Cruz (13,3rd inning off Stein 1 on, 2 out); Palmer (36,3rd inning off Stein 1 on, 2 out); Kapler (17,4th inning off Stein 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Quinn (1,by Borkowski); Encarnacion (9,by Stein).  SB–Fick (1,2nd base off Stein/Spehr); Bartee (3,2nd base off Stein/Spehr).  WP–Durbin (1).  HBP–Stein (6,Encarnacion); Borkowski (3,Quinn).  U-HP–Jim Reynolds, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:45.  A–41,586.
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