Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
July 15, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 6, Kansas City Royals 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Catalanotto 2b 3 1 2 0
  Young ph,2b 1 1 0 0
Lamb 3b 2 1 0 0
  Perry ph,3b 2 1 1 2
Rodriguez A. ss 4 1 1 0
Gonzalez rf 4 1 2 2
Palmeiro 1b 3 0 0 1
Rodriguez I. dh 5 0 1 1
Everett lf 2 0 0 0
Haselman c 4 0 0 0
Rivera cf 4 0 0 0
Benoit p 0 0 0 0
  Flores p 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 7 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Guiel rf 3 2 1 3
Febles 2b 5 0 0 0
Beltran cf 3 1 1 0
Randa 3b 2 2 1 0
Ibanez 1b 4 1 1 3
Tucker lf 2 0 1 2
Perez ss 2 0 0 0
Berger dh 2 1 0 0
Mayne c 4 1 0 0
Sedlacek p 0 0 0 0
  Mullen p 0 0 0 0
  Reichert p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 8 5 8
Texas 200 001 003671
Kansas City 400 003 10x851
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Benoit  L (2-1) 5.0 2 5 5 7 4
  Flores   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Van Poppel   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
5
8
8
9
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Sedlacek  W (1-0) 6.0 4 3 3 4 4
  Mullen   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Reichert   1.1 2 3 3 3 0
  Grimsley   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez  SV (15) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
7
5

  E–Haselman (3), Perez (10).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Texas I Rodriguez (11,off Sedlacek), Kansas City Beltran (25,off Benoit); Randa (26,off Van Poppel).  3B–Kansas City Ibanez (4,off Benoit).  HR–Texas Perry (11,9th inning off Reichert 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City Guiel (2,6th inning off Flores 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Gonzalez (1,by Sedlacek).  IBB–Everett (2,by Sedlacek); Berger (2,by Flores).  SH–Perez (4,off Flores).  SF–Tucker (1,off Benoit).  SB–Guiel (1,2nd base off Benoit/Haselman); Beltran (20,3rd base off Benoit/Haselman); Mayne (3,2nd base off Flores/Haselman).  WP–Flores (3), Sedlacek (1).  HBP–Sedlacek (3,Gonzalez).  IBB–Flores (2,Berger); Sedlacek (1,Everett).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Kevin Kelley, 2B–Martin Foster, 3B–Andrew Fletcher.  T–3:09.
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