Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
April 27, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 9, Kansas City Royals 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Mora lf 3 1 1 1
Singleton cf 5 0 0 0
Conine 1b 4 1 0 0
Gibbons rf 4 2 1 0
Batista 3b 4 3 3 5
Cordova dh 4 0 1 1
Bordick ss 3 1 1 0
Gil c 4 1 1 2
Hairston 2b 4 0 0 0
Ponson p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Bauer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 8 9
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Sadler lf 5 1 2 1
Tucker rf 3 0 0 0
Beltran cf 4 0 1 1
Sweeney 1b 3 1 1 1
Ibanez dh 3 0 0 0
  Alicea ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Randa 3b 3 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 1 1 0
Mayne c 2 0 1 0
  Hinch ph 1 0 0 0
Febles 2b 4 1 2 1
Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Field p 0 0 0 0
  Asencio p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Baltimore 300 011 022981
Kansas City 100 200 001481
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ponson  W (1-2) 7.0 7 3 2 3 6
  Ryan   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Bauer   1.0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
2
4
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd  L (4-1) 7.0 5 5 5 2 4
  Shouse   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Field   1.0 3 4 4 2 1
  Asencio   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
9
9
4
7

  E–Conine (2), Sweeney (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  PB–Gil 2 (3).  2B–Baltimore Bordick (3,off Byrd); Batista (8,off Byrd); Gibbons (4,off Field), Kansas City Mayne (2,off Ponson); Perez (5,off Ponson); Febles (4,off Bauer).  3B–Kansas City Sadler (1,off Ponson).  HR–Baltimore Batista 2 (6,1st inning off Byrd 2 on, 2 out,8th inning off Field 1 on, 2 out); Mora (2,5th inning off Byrd 0 on, 2 out); Gil (4,9th inning off Field 1 on, 0 out), Kansas City Sweeney (2,4th inning off Ponson 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Conine (1,by Byrd).  SH–Tucker (1,off Ponson).  WP–Field (2), Asencio (2).  HBP–Byrd (1,Conine).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Mark Barron.  T–2:35.  A–16,850.
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