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 Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 1, Cleveland Indians 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Perez ss 4 0 0 0
Alicea 3b 4 1 1 0
Beltran cf 4 0 0 1
Sweeney dh 4 0 0 0
Tucker 1b 2 0 1 0
Quinn rf 3 0 0 0
Ibanez lf 3 0 0 0
Sadler 2b 3 0 2 0
Brito c 2 0 0 0
  Febles ph 1 0 0 0
  Hinch c 0 0 0 0
May p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Asencio p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Vizquel ss 4 1 1 4
Gutierrez 2b 3 0 0 0
Lawton rf 3 0 0 0
Burks dh 3 0 0 0
Thome 1b 4 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 4 1 1 0
Aven lf 1 1 1 0
  Anderson ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Diaz c 3 0 0 0
Cabrera cf 3 1 1 0
Drese p 0 0 0 0
  Wickman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 4 4
Kansas City 000 100 000143
Cleveland 000 031 00x440
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
May  L (0-1) 4.2 3 3 3 5 4
  Bailey   1.1 1 1 0 2 0
  Shouse   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Asencio   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
4
4
3
7
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Drese  W (4-3) 8.0 4 1 1 1 10
  Wickman  SV (9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
11

  E–Perez (4), Alicea 2 (4).  DP–Kansas City 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Fryman (3,off Bailey).  3B–Kansas City Alicea (1,off Drese).  HR–Cleveland Vizquel (6,5th inning off May 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Diaz (3,off May).  IBB–Anderson (2,by Bailey).  SB–Tucker (8,2nd base off Drese/Diaz).  IBB–Bailey (2,Anderson).  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–Lance Barksdale, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Mark Barron.  T–2:35.  A–32,110.
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