Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
August 18, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 2001 at Comerica Park. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 8, Detroit Tigers 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Febles 2b 5 1 2 1
Perez ss 4 0 0 0
Beltran cf 5 2 1 0
Randa 3b 5 1 3 2
McCarty 1b 3 0 2 1
  Ibanez ph,1b 1 1 1 2
Alicea dh 5 1 1 0
Zaun c 5 1 2 1
Brown lf 4 1 2 1
Sadler rf 4 0 0 0
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 14 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno cf 4 1 0 0
Easley 2b 3 1 1 0
Higginson lf 4 0 1 1
Clark dh 4 1 1 1
Fick c 3 1 1 0
Simon 1b 4 0 2 2
Cruz ss 3 0 0 0
Halter 3b 4 0 1 0
Encarnacion rf 3 0 0 0
  Macias ph 1 0 0 0
Pettyjohn p 0 0 0 0
  Perisho p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Santos p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Kansas City 000 002 0608140
Detroit 004 000 000472
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  W (7-10) 7.0 6 4 4 3 2
  Grimsley   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Pettyjohn   5.2 6 2 0 0 2
  Perisho   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Patterson   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Nitkowski  L (0-3) 0.0 4 4 4 0 0
  Santos   1.2 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
6
2
3

  E–Cruz (13), Halter (18).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Kansas City Zaun 2 (5,off Pettyjohn,off Nitkowski); McCarty (6,off Pettyjohn); Brown (13,off Perisho); Randa (26,off D Patterson); Febles (5,off Santos), Detroit Simon (10,off Suppan).  HR–Kansas City Ibanez (10,8th inning off Nitkowski 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Cedeno (2,by Suppan).  SB–Cedeno (49,2nd base off Suppan/Zaun).  HBP–Suppan (9,Cedeno).  U-HP–Mike Everitt, 1B–Jim Reynolds, 2B–Justin Klemm, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:50.  A–31,897.
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