Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
May 31, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 2000 at Fenway Park. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 9, Boston Red Sox 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon lf 5 3 3 2
Febles 2b 5 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 5 1 4 2
Dye rf 5 1 3 1
Beltran cf 5 1 2 0
Randa 3b 4 0 1 0
McCarty dh 5 1 1 2
Zaun c 3 1 0 0
Sanchez ss 4 1 0 0
Suzuki p 0 0 0 0
  Bottalico p 0 0 0 0
  Santiago p 0 0 0 0
  Spradlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 14 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Frye 2b 4 1 2 1
Nixon rf 3 1 1 1
Daubach dh 5 0 1 2
Garciaparra ss 4 0 1 0
  Sheets ss 0 0 0 0
  Varitek ph 1 0 0 1
  Lewis cf 0 0 0 0
Everett cf 4 1 1 1
  Sadler cf,ss 0 0 0 0
O'Leary lf 4 1 1 0
Stanley 1b 4 1 1 0
Hatteberg c 5 1 3 0
Veras 3b 5 1 1 0
Schourek p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
  Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 6
Kansas City 040 041 0009141
Boston 000 200 0507120
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suzuki  W (2-0) 7.0 7 2 2 4 7
  Bottalico   0.1 3 5 5 1 1
  Santiago   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Spradlin  SV (5) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
5
9
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Schourek  L (2-5) 4.1 6 6 6 2 1
  Pichardo   0.0 2 2 1 1 0
  Wakefield   2.2 4 1 1 1 2
  Wasdin   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Lowe   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
9
8
4
5

  E–Bottalico (1).  PB–Hatteberg (4).  2B–Kansas City Damon (7,off Schourek); Sweeney (15,off Schourek); Dye (16,off Wasdin), Boston Hatteberg 2 (3,off Suzuki,off Spradlin); Frye (5,off Suzuki); Stanley (5,off Bottalico); Daubach (14,off Santiago).  3B–Kansas City Damon (3,off Wakefield).  HR–Kansas City McCarty (7,2nd inning off Schourek 0 on, 2 out), Boston Everett (16,4th inning off Suzuki 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Nixon (1,by Bottalico); Sadler (1,by Santiago).  SB–Zaun (2,3rd base off Schourek/Hatteberg); Damon (17,2nd base off Schourek/Hatteberg); Sadler (1,2nd base off Spradlin/Zaun).  WP–Schourek (2).  HBP–Bottalico (2,Nixon); Santiago (3,Sadler).  U-HP–Mike Everitt, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Mike DiMuro, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–3:35.  A–32,503.
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