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 4, Kansas City Royals 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Catalanotto 1b 4 0 1 1
Young 2b 5 0 1 0
Rodriguez A. ss 5 1 1 0
Palmeiro dh 5 1 2 2
Rodriguez I. c 4 0 1 0
Perry 3b 4 0 1 0
Everett lf,cf 3 1 1 0
Mench rf,lf 4 1 2 1
Rivera cf 3 0 1 0
  Gonzalez ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Telford p 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Guiel rf 5 0 0 0
Alicea 3b 5 3 4 0
Beltran cf 4 3 3 0
Randa dh 3 0 1 3
Ibanez 1b 4 0 2 3
Tucker lf 3 0 1 0
Perez ss 4 0 1 0
Hinch c 4 0 0 0
Caruso 2b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez R. p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Bukvich p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez R. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Texas 100 101 1004110
Kansas City 200 020 20x6120
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Bell   6.0 9 4 4 0 6
  Telford  L (2-1) 0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Alvarez   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Lewis   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
2
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez R.   5.0 7 2 2 2 5
  Wilson  W (1-0) 2.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Bukvich   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez R.  SV (16) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
2
7

  E–None.  2B–Texas Palmeiro (21,off Runelvys Hernandez); Everett (6,off Runelvys Hernandez); Catalanotto (11,off Runelvys Hernandez); Perry (11,off Bukvich), Kansas City Beltran 2 (27,off Bell 2); Ibanez (19,off Bell); Tucker (12,off Bell).  3B–Kansas City Randa (2,off Bell).  HR–Texas Mench (11,6th inning off Wilson 0 on, 1 out); Palmeiro (22,7th inning off Wilson 0 on, 2 out).  WP–Bell (5).  U-HP–Kevin Kelley, 1B–Martin Foster, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Andrew Fletcher.  T–3:01.  A–14,905.
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