Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
May 12, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 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."

"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)
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Cleveland Indians 1, Kansas City Royals 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Vizquel ss 4 0 2 0
Gutierrez 2b 4 0 0 0
Lawton rf 4 0 1 0
Thome 1b 3 1 1 1
Burks dh 4 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 4 0 1 0
Branyan lf 2 0 0 0
Anderson cf 3 0 0 0
Diaz c 3 0 0 0
Finley p 0 0 0 0
  Wohlers p 0 0 0 0
  Wickman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 4 0 1 0
Perez ss 3 1 1 0
Sweeney 1b 3 1 0 0
Beltran cf 3 1 0 0
Quinn dh 4 1 2 2
Berger rf 2 0 0 0
  Tucker ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hinch c 3 0 2 1
Sadler 3b 3 0 1 1
Febles 2b 2 0 0 0
Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 7 4
Cleveland 000 001 000150
Kansas City 400 000 00x470
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Finley  L (2-4) 6.0 6 4 4 6 5
  Wohlers   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wickman   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
6
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd  W (6-2) 6.0 5 1 1 2 5
  Bailey   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Cleveland Lawton (6,off Byrd), Kansas City Perez (7,off Finley); Quinn (1,off Finley).  HR–Cleveland Thome (10,6th inning off Byrd 0 on, 1 out).  CS–Hinch (1,2nd base by Finley/Diaz).  WP–Finley (1).  U-HP–Mike Everitt, 1B–Mike Fichter, 2B–Chris Guccione, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:37.  A–10,820.
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