Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
April 24, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium. 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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Detroit Tigers 2, Kansas City Royals 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Torres cf 3 0 0 0
Fick rf 4 0 0 0
Magee lf 4 1 2 0
Simon 1b 4 0 0 0
Halter ss 4 0 1 1
Paquette 3b 4 0 0 0
Rivera c 4 1 1 0
Cruz dh 3 0 1 0
Macias 2b 3 0 2 1
Sparks p 0 0 0 0
  Acevedo p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 5 0 1 0
Tucker rf 3 1 0 0
Beltran cf 4 1 2 0
Sweeney 1b 4 2 2 1
Ibanez dh 4 1 1 0
Randa 3b 2 2 1 1
  Sadler 3b 0 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 0 3 3
Mayne c 4 1 1 0
Febles 2b 4 0 1 1
George p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 6
Detroit 000 011 000272
Kansas City 000 203 30x8120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparks  L (1-2) 5.2 10 5 4 1 0
  Acevedo   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Walker   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Anderson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
8
7
2
0
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
George   5.1 7 2 2 1 4
  Affeldt  W (1-0) 3.2 0 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
9

  E–Torres (1), Paquette (3).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Cruz (3,off George); Macias (2,off George); Magee (4,off George); Halter (4,off George), Kansas City Sweeney 2 (6,off Sparks,off Acevedo); Perez (4,off Sparks); Febles (2,off Sparks).  SF–Randa (4,off Walker).  CS–Macias (1,2nd base by George/Mayne).  SB–Beltran (4,2nd base off Sparks/Rivera).  WP–Walker (1), Affeldt (1).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Brian O'Nora, 2B–Alfonso Marquez, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:52.  A–11,825.
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