Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
May 23, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 2001 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 1, Kansas City Royals 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Damon lf 4 1 1 0
Menechino 2b 3 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 3 0 1 1
Long cf 4 0 1 0
Chavez 3b 4 0 0 0
Tejada ss 3 0 2 0
Saenz dh 4 0 0 0
Piatt rf 3 0 1 0
Hernandez c 3 0 0 0
Lidle p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Tam p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Beltran cf 4 1 1 1
Sanchez ss 3 1 2 0
Sweeney 1b 2 0 0 0
Dye rf 4 0 1 1
Randa 3b 4 0 2 1
Brown lf 4 0 1 0
Quinn dh 4 1 2 0
Alicea 2b 3 0 0 0
Hinch c 3 1 1 0
Durbin p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 10 3
Oakland 001 000 000161
Kansas City 000 130 00x4100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Lidle  L (0-3) 7.0 8 4 4 3 4
  Bradford   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Magnante   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Tam   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
3
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Durbin  W (3-2) 7.0 4 1 1 4 4
  Grimsley   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez  SV (8) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
5
5

  E–Lidle (1).  DP–Oakland 2, Kansas City 2.  2B–Oakland Damon (8,off Durbin); Piatt (5,off Durbin), Kansas City Quinn (11,off Lidle).  IBB–Sweeney (4,by Lidle).  CS–Quinn (4,2nd base by Lidle/Hernandez).  IBB–Lidle (2,Sweeney).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:46.  A–13,316.
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