Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
July 7, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 2002 at Network Associates Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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 2, Oakland Athletics 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Febles 2b 4 0 0 0
Alicea dh 4 0 1 0
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 3 0 1 0
Randa 3b 4 0 0 0
Ibanez lf 4 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 1 3 0
Berger rf 3 1 1 2
Hinch c 3 0 0 0
Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Reichert p 0 0 0 0
  Mullen p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 4 0 1 0
Long cf 4 0 1 0
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Justice dh 4 0 1 0
Chavez 3b 4 1 1 0
Mabry rf 4 1 3 1
Saenz 1b 4 0 1 0
Byrnes lf 3 1 1 2
Hernandez c 1 0 0 0
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Kansas City 000 000 200260
Oakland 000 111 00x390
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd  L (11-6) 5.2 8 3 3 2 2
  Reichert   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Mullen   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
2
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  W (11-3) 7.2 6 2 2 1 9
  Bradford   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Koch  SV (20) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
11

  E–None.  2B–Oakland Saenz (7,off Byrd).  3B–Oakland Chavez (3,off Byrd).  HR–Kansas City Berger (4,7th inning off Zito 1 on, 2 out), Oakland Byrnes (2,5th inning off Byrd 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Byrnes (2,off Byrd).  SB–Sweeney (4,2nd base off Zito/Hernandez).  U-HP–Dan Iassogna, 1B–Bill Miller, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–2:36.  A–31,676.
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