Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Kansas City Royals
May 16, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 2001 at Kauffman Stadium. 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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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5, Kansas City Royals 9

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf 5 0 1 2
Rolls 2b 5 0 2 0
Grieve lf 5 0 2 0
  Winn pr,lf 0 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 3 1 2 0
Vaughn dh 3 2 2 1
Huff 3b 4 1 0 0
Guillen rf 4 1 1 2
DiFelice c 3 0 1 0
Martinez ss 4 0 0 0
Rekar p 0 0 0 0
  Meacham p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Beltran cf 5 1 2 0
Sanchez ss 5 1 2 1
Sweeney 1b 5 1 1 0
Dye rf 4 2 0 0
Randa 3b 5 2 2 5
Brown lf 4 1 3 1
Alicea dh 4 0 1 0
Ortiz c 2 0 0 0
  McCarty ph 0 0 0 1
  Hinch c 1 0 0 0
Ordaz 2b 3 1 2 1
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Suzuki p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 13 9
Tampa Bay 010 400 0005112
Kansas City 000 004 0059131
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Rekar   6.0 9 4 1 0 4
  Meacham   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Yan  L (1-2) 0.2 3 5 5 1 0
Totals
8.1
13
9
6
1
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan   4.1 8 5 2 2 4
  Henry   1.2 0 0 0 0 3
  Suzuki   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez  W (1-2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
2
2
10

  E–Martinez 2 (12), Sweeney (3).  2B–Kansas City Beltran (6,off Rekar); Brown (7,off Rekar).  3B–Kansas City Alicea (3,off Meacham).  HR–Tampa Bay Vaughn (8,2nd inning off Suppan 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Randa (4,9th inning off Yan 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Difelice (1,off Suppan).  SF–McCarty (2,off Rekar).  HBP–Ordaz (1,by Yan).  IBB–Dye (1,by Yan).  SB–Rolls 2 (7,2nd base off Suppan/Ortiz 2); Brown (3,2nd base off Rekar/Difelice); Sanchez (5,3rd base off Meacham/Difelice).  CS–Winn (1,2nd base by Hernandez/Hinch).  WP–Rekar (3).  HBP–Yan (3,Ordaz).  IBB–Yan (1,Dye).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Lance Barksdale, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–3:07.  A–12,378.
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