Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
October 2, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 2001 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 1, Kansas City Royals 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bradley cf 4 1 1 0
McDonald ss 3 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 3 0 1 0
Gonzalez rf 2 0 0 0
  Roberts rf 2 0 1 1
Thome dh 3 0 1 0
Cordova lf 4 0 1 0
Branyan 3b 3 0 0 0
Cordero 1b 4 0 1 0
Taubensee c 3 0 1 0
Drese p 0 0 0 0
  Burba p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
  Rocker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Febles 2b 3 0 0 0
Berroa ss 3 1 0 0
Beltran cf 4 2 2 1
Sweeney 1b 4 1 1 3
  Ortiz c 0 0 0 0
Ibanez dh 3 0 1 1
  Alicea ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Randa 3b 3 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 0 0 0
Quinn rf 3 0 1 0
Zaun c 3 0 1 0
  Sadler pr 0 1 0 0
  McCarty 1b 0 0 0 0
Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 6 5
Cleveland 000 000 010170
Kansas City 000 000 14x561
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Drese   5.0 1 0 0 1 4
  Burba   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Shuey   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Rocker  L (3-7) 1.0 3 4 4 1 2
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
2
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Stein   7.0 4 0 0 4 6
  Grimsley   0.2 2 1 1 2 0
  Hernandez  W (5-6) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
6
6

  E–Zaun (5).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Quinn (30,off Drese); Ibanez (11,off Shuey).  HR–Kansas City Sweeney (29,8th inning off Rocker 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Thome (14,by Grimsley).  CS–Bradley (1,3rd base by Stein/Zaun).  SB–Beltran 2 (31,2nd base off Shuey/Taubensee,3rd base off Shuey/Taubensee); Sadler (4,2nd base off Rocker/Taubensee).  WP–Rocker (5).  IBB–Grimsley (5,Thome).  U-HP–Phil Cuzzi, 1B–Mark Barron, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–2:32.  A–12,016.
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