Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
May 18, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 2002 at Jacobs Field. 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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Kansas City Royals 4, Cleveland Indians 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 3 0 0 1
Perez ss 4 0 1 1
Sweeney 1b 3 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 0 1 0
  Sadler pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Quinn dh 4 1 2 1
Beltran cf 3 0 1 0
Hinch c 4 0 0 1
Berger rf 1 1 0 0
  Tucker ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Febles 2b 3 1 1 0
Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Reichert p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Vizquel ss 4 1 0 0
Cabrera cf 3 1 1 0
  Anderson ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 4 0 2 1
Burks dh 4 0 1 1
Thome 1b 3 0 1 0
Aven rf 2 0 0 0
  Lawton ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Branyan lf 4 0 0 0
Perez c 4 0 1 0
McDonald 2b 4 0 1 0
Sabathia p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
  Wickman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 7 2
Kansas City 001 010 002461
Cleveland 000 020 000270
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Affeldt   5.0 7 2 2 3 6
  Reichert  W (2-4) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Hernandez  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Sabathia   6.0 3 2 2 4 4
  Riske   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Shuey   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Wickman  L (0-1) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
4
9

  E–Randa (4).  2B–Kansas City Randa (11,off Wickman); Quinn (2,off Wickman).  SF–Knoblauch (1,off Sabathia).  SB–Febles 2 (8,2nd base off Sabathia/Perez 2).  CS–Beltran (1,2nd base by Sabathia/Perez).  U-HP–Marvin Hudson, 1B–Mark Barron, 2B–Lance Barksdale, 3B–Mike DiMuro.  T–2:35.  A–29,388.
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