Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
July 17, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City Royals 8

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 0 0 1
Graffanino 2b 5 1 1 0
Lee lf 3 1 0 0
Ordonez rf 4 2 2 2
Konerko 1b 5 1 1 1
Thomas dh 5 1 4 2
Valentin 3b 5 0 1 0
Johnson c 2 0 1 0
  Durham ph 1 0 0 0
Clayton ss 3 0 0 0
Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Biddle p 0 0 0 0
  Wunsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Guiel rf 5 0 1 1
Alicea 3b 4 0 1 1
Beltran cf 5 0 2 0
Ibanez 1b 4 1 1 0
Tucker lf 4 1 2 2
Berger dh 3 2 1 0
Perez ss 3 3 2 0
Febles 2b 3 0 0 0
Mayne c 4 1 4 4
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
  Bukvich p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 14 8
Chicago 012 000 3006100
Kansas City 040 202 00x8141
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ritchie  L (5-13) 5.2 12 8 8 2 5
  Biddle   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Wunsch   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
14
8
8
3
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  W (8-7) 6.1 8 6 6 5 3
  Bukvich   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Grimsley   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Hernandez  SV (17) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
7
5

  E–Alicea (6).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Chicago Thomas 3 (19,off Suppan 2,off Bukvich), Kansas City Ibanez (20,off Ritchie); Perez (13,off Ritchie).  HR–Chicago Ordonez (18,3rd inning off Suppan 1 on, 0 out), Kansas City Tucker (7,2nd inning off Ritchie 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Febles (5,off Ritchie).  SB–Mayne (4,2nd base off Wunsch/Johnson).  WP–Ritchie (8), Bukvich (1).  BK–Suppan (1).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Ron Kulpa, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–3:08.  A–13,823.
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