Kansas City Royals vs Chicago Cubs
July 16, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 2001 at Wrigley Field. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, Chicago Cubs 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Alicea 2b 4 1 1 0
Sanchez ss 4 1 1 0
Beltran cf 5 0 2 1
Sweeney 1b 4 1 1 1
Quinn lf 4 1 0 0
Dye rf 4 0 1 0
Randa 3b 4 0 1 1
Mayne c 1 0 0 0
Reichert p 2 0 0 0
  Ibanez ph 1 0 0 1
  Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Cogan p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Sadler ph 1 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 1 0
Gutierrez ss 4 1 1 0
DeShields 3b 3 0 2 2
Sosa rf 3 0 0 0
Coomer 1b 3 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
Matthews cf 4 0 0 0
Machado c 3 0 0 0
  Cairo ph 1 0 0 0
Tapani p 2 0 1 0
  Stairs 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Kansas City 011 001 001471
Chicago 000 020 000252
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Reichert  W (8-7) 5.0 5 2 2 3 4
  Stein   1.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Cogan   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Bailey   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Grimsley   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez  SV (17) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
5
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani  L (8-7) 5.2 6 3 1 3 6
  Van Poppel   2.1 0 0 0 1 3
  Farnsworth   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
5
9

  E–Randa (6), Gutierrez (10), DeShields (1).  DP–Kansas City 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Kansas City Sanchez (11,off Tapani); Dye (14,off Tapani), Chicago DeShields (3,off Reichert).  SF–Sweeney (5,off Farnsworth).  HBP–Quinn (1,by Tapani).  IBB–Mayne (1,by Tapani); Sosa (23,by Reichert).  SB–Beltran (11,2nd base off Farnsworth/Machado); Young 2 (20,2nd base off Reichert/Mayne,3rd base off Reichert/Mayne); DeShields (1,2nd base off Reichert/Mayne).  WP–Van Poppel (4).  HBP–Tapani (4,Quinn).  IBB–Reichert (1,Sosa); Tapani (3,Mayne).  U-HP–Bill Welke, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Brian O'Nora, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:55.  A–39,769.
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