Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
April 26, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 2001 at Tropicana Field. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 6, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Beltran cf 4 1 2 0
Sanchez ss 4 1 2 1
Quinn lf 4 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 4 3 3 1
Brown dh 4 1 2 3
Randa 3b 3 0 0 0
Ibanez rf 4 0 1 1
Hinch c 4 0 0 0
Ordaz 2b 3 0 0 0
Suzuki p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf 4 0 0 0
Winn rf 3 0 1 0
Cox 1b 4 0 0 0
Vaughn dh 4 0 1 0
Grieve lf 3 0 0 0
Huff 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 1 0
DiFelice c 3 0 1 0
Martinez ss 3 0 1 0
Rekar p 0 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Rose p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Kansas City 000 203 0016101
Tampa Bay 000 000 000060
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suzuki  W (2-1) 8.0 6 0 0 1 4
  Grimsley   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
5
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rekar  L (0-3) 5.1 7 5 5 0 3
  Wallace   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Rose   2.2 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
1
6

  E–Sweeney (1).  DP–Kansas City 2, Tampa Bay 3.  2B–Kansas City Sanchez (1,off Rekar); Sweeney 2 (6,off Rekar,off Rose), Tampa Bay Huff (1,off Suzuki).  HR–Kansas City Brown (1,4th inning off Rekar 1 on, 2 out).  CS–Brown (2,3rd base by Wallace/Difelice).  WP–Suzuki (4).  U-HP–Tony Randazzo, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Paul Schrieber.  T–2:32.  A–11,083.
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