Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
September 20, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 2001 at Jacobs Field. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, Cleveland Indians 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Febles 2b 4 2 2 0
Perez ss 2 0 1 1
Beltran cf 4 0 1 1
Sweeney 1b 3 1 1 1
  Sadler pr 0 0 0 0
  McCarty 1b 0 0 0 0
Ibanez dh 4 1 1 0
Randa 3b 4 0 2 0
Quinn rf 4 0 1 1
Brown lf 2 0 0 0
Mayne c 4 0 0 0
George p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 0 1 1
Vizquel ss 4 0 1 0
Alomar 2b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez rf 4 0 0 0
Burks dh 3 0 0 0
Thome 1b 2 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 1 0 0 0
  Cabrera 3b 2 0 0 0
Cordova lf 3 2 2 1
Diaz c 3 0 1 0
Drese p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
Kansas City 100 100 110490
Cleveland 001 000 010261
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
George  W (4-5) 7.0 4 2 2 2 3
  Grimsley   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez  SV (24) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Drese  L (1-1) 7.0 8 4 3 3 4
  Shuey   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Rincon   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
4
7

  E–Drese (1).  DP–Kansas City 2, Cleveland 4.  2B–Kansas City Ibanez (10,off Drese); Quinn (29,off Drese); Beltran (28,off Shuey).  HR–Kansas City Sweeney (28,4th inning off Drese 0 on, 2 out), Cleveland Cordova (19,8th inning off George 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Perez (7,off Shuey).  IBB–Brown (4,by Drese); Sweeney (11,by Shuey).  CS–Perez (4,2nd base by Drese/Diaz); Vizquel (9,2nd base by Grimsley/Mayne).  IBB–Drese (2,Brown); Shuey (5,Sweeney).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Mike Fichter, 3B–Bill Welke.  T–2:34.  A–33,912.
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