Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
May 22, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 2001 at Kauffman Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 4, Kansas City Royals 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Damon lf 5 1 2 1
Menechino 2b 4 1 1 0
Giambi 1b 4 1 2 3
Saenz dh 4 0 1 0
  Byrnes pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Long cf 4 0 2 0
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 4 1 1 0
Piatt rf 4 0 1 0
Hernandez c 4 0 1 0
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Beltran cf 5 0 1 0
Sanchez ss 4 0 2 1
Sweeney dh 3 0 0 0
Dye rf 4 0 2 0
Randa 3b 4 0 0 0
Quinn lf 4 0 1 0
McCarty 1b 3 0 0 0
Alicea 2b 4 0 0 0
Ortiz c 3 1 1 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 0
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
Oakland 001 000 0304112
Kansas City 000 000 100180
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito   6.2 6 1 0 2 7
  Mecir  W (1-4) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Isringhausen  SV (8) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
3
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  L (2-4) 7.1 8 3 3 0 3
  Grimsley   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Henry   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
0
4

  E–Menechino (5), Tejada (5).  DP–Oakland 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Oakland Jason Giambi (13,off Suppan); Long (9,off Suppan); Saenz (7,off Grimsley).  3B–Oakland Piatt (1,off Suppan).  HR–Oakland Jason Giambi (10,8th inning off Grimsley 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Sweeney (3,by Mecir).  SB–Damon (10,2nd base off Suppan/Ortiz); Byrnes (1,3rd base off Grimsley/Ortiz); Dye (4,2nd base off Zito/Hernandez).  CS–Ortiz (2,2nd base by Zito/Hernandez).  IBB–Mecir (4,Sweeney).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–3:10.  A–15,233.
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