Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
May 9, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 2002 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."

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Cleveland Indians 3, Kansas City Royals 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Vizquel ss 5 0 0 0
Gutierrez 2b 3 1 1 0
Lawton rf 3 1 2 0
Thome 1b 4 0 0 0
Burks dh 4 1 2 2
Fryman 3b 2 0 1 0
Branyan lf 1 0 0 0
  Anderson lf 2 0 1 0
Diaz c 4 0 0 1
Cabrera cf 4 0 0 0
Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 3 0 0 0
Tucker rf 4 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 4 2 2 2
Beltran cf 4 1 2 0
Randa 3b 4 0 2 1
  Sadler pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Ibanez dh 3 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 0 1 1
Hinch c 3 1 1 1
Alicea 2b 4 0 0 0
  Febles 2b 0 0 0 0
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Cleveland 200 001 000371
Kansas City 000 001 13x580
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Colon   7.2 5 3 3 1 4
  Rincon  L (0-1) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Riske   0.1 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
3
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  W (3-4) 8.0 7 3 3 5 7
  Hernandez  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
9

  E–Fryman (3).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Cleveland Burks (8,off Suppan); Gutierrez (2,off Suppan), Kansas City Randa (9,off Colon).  HR–Kansas City Sweeney 2 (4,6th inning off Colon 0 on, 2 out,8th inning off Colon 0 on, 2 out); Hinch (1,7th inning off Colon 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Ibanez (1,by Riske).  CS–Lawton (6,2nd base by Suppan/Hinch).  SB–Beltran (9,2nd base off Riske/Diaz); Sadler (3,2nd base off Riske/Diaz).  IBB–Riske (1,Ibanez).  U-HP–Chris Guccione, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Mike Fichter.  T–2:41.  A–12,555.
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