Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
April 7, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 2, Kansas City Royals 9

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 3 1 0 0
Durham 2b 4 0 2 0
Thomas 1b 3 1 1 2
Ordonez rf 4 0 1 0
Konerko dh 4 0 2 0
Valentin 3b 4 0 1 0
Lee lf 4 0 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 3 0 0 0
Clayton ss 3 0 0 0
Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Marte p 0 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Glover p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 5 1 1 2
Perez ss 5 2 2 1
Beltran cf 2 2 1 0
Sweeney 1b 3 0 0 1
Tucker rf 3 1 1 1
Randa 3b 3 1 1 3
Ibanez dh 4 0 1 0
Mayne c 3 1 1 1
Sadler 2b 4 1 1 0
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
  Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 9 9
Chicago 100 000 010272
Kansas City 010 002 60x991
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ritchie  L (0-1) 5.2 4 3 3 2 2
  Marte   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Osuna   0.1 3 5 5 2 0
  Glover   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
9
9
4
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  W (1-0) 7.0 6 1 1 0 3
  Stein   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Grimsley   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
6

  E–Thomas 2 (2), Knoblauch (1).  2B–Kansas City Knoblauch (1,off Osuna); Randa (3,off Glover).  3B–Kansas City Beltran (2,off Ritchie); Perez (2,off Ritchie).  HR–Chicago Thomas (1,1st inning off Suppan 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Thomas (2,off Stein); Mayne (1,off Ritchie).  HBP–Beltran (1,by Ritchie).  IBB–Tucker (1,by Osuna).  CS–Durham (1,2nd base by Suppan/Mayne).  SB–Ibanez (1,2nd base off Ritchie/Alomar); Tucker (3,2nd base off Marte/Alomar).  WP–Glover (1).  HBP–Ritchie (1,Beltran).  IBB–Osuna (1,Tucker).  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Mark Carlson, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:47.  A–10,788.
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