Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
May 20, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 2001 at Kauffman Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 10, Kansas City Royals 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Nixon rf 3 0 1 1
Offerman 2b 5 0 1 0
Everett cf 5 1 1 1
Ramirez dh 3 1 2 1
  Hatteberg ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Bichette lf 4 1 1 0
  Lewis lf 1 0 0 0
Daubach 1b 4 1 1 0
Hillenbrand 3b 4 3 2 0
Varitek c 4 3 4 7
Lansing ss 4 0 0 0
Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Garces p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 13 10
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Beltran cf 4 0 0 1
Sanchez ss 5 1 1 0
Sweeney 1b 4 1 2 1
Randa 3b 4 0 2 1
Brown lf 4 0 1 0
Quinn dh 4 0 1 0
Ibanez rf 4 1 0 0
Alicea 2b 4 0 0 0
Ortiz c 3 0 1 0
  McCarty ph 0 0 0 0
Meadows p 0 0 0 0
  Santiago p 0 0 0 0
  Suzuki p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
Boston 010 402 02110133
Kansas City 100 000 011380
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Castillo  W (5-2) 6.0 6 1 0 0 3
  Garces   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Pichardo   1.0 0 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
1
1
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Meadows  L (1-5) 3.1 6 5 5 2 1
  Santiago   2.2 4 2 2 0 2
  Suzuki   3.0 3 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
10
10
3
5

  E–Offerman 2 (5), Bichette (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Boston Bichette (4,off Meadows); Ramirez (10,off Santiago); Daubach (7,off Santiago), Kansas City Randa (10,off F Castillo); Quinn (10,off F Castillo); Sweeney (24,off F Castillo).  3B–Kansas City Sanchez (3,off Garces).  HR–Boston Varitek 3 (5,2nd inning off Meadows 0 on, 2 out,4th inning off Meadows 2 on, 1 out,8th inning off Suzuki 1 on, 1 out); Ramirez (15,4th inning off Meadows 0 on, 0 out); Everett (5,9th inning off Suzuki 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Nixon (2,off Santiago); Beltran (4,off Pichardo).  IBB–Ramirez (9,by Meadows).  WP–Pichardo (1), Suzuki (5).  IBB–Meadows (2,Ramirez).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Chris Guccione, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Paul Emmel.  T–3:02.  A–18,596.
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