New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
August 15, 2002 Box Score

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

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New York Yankees 7, Kansas City Royals 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Soriano 2b 5 0 0 1
Jeter ss 6 0 1 1
Giambi dh 4 1 1 0
Williams cf 5 1 5 0
Ventura 3b 3 0 0 0
Mondesi rf 4 1 2 3
Vander Wal 1b 3 2 2 1
  Coomer ph,1b 2 1 1 0
Spencer lf 5 0 3 0
Widger c 3 1 1 0
  Posada ph,c 2 0 2 1
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 18 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Guiel rf 5 0 0 0
Beltran cf 5 1 2 0
Sweeney dh 4 0 1 1
Ibanez 1b 3 1 1 1
Randa 3b 4 1 1 0
Tucker lf 4 2 3 2
Alicea 2b 4 0 0 0
  Ordaz 2b 0 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 0 2 1
Hinch c 3 0 1 0
  Knoblauch ph 1 0 1 0
Asencio p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Mullen p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
New York 010 111 0037181
Kansas City 020 002 1005120
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez   7.0 10 5 4 1 2
  Stanton  W (6-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Rivera  SV (27) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
4
1
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Asencio   5.2 10 4 4 4 2
  Affeldt   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Grimsley   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Mullen   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez  L (1-3) 1.0 5 3 3 0 0
Totals
9.0
18
7
7
4
4

  E–Widger (2).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–New York B Williams (28,off Asencio); Widger (4,off Asencio).  HR–New York Vander Wal (5,4th inning off Asencio 0 on, 0 out); Mondesi (23,9th inning off Roberto Hernandez 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City Ibanez (18,2nd inning off O Hernandez 0 on, 0 out); Tucker (11,2nd inning off O Hernandez 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Soriano (6,off Asencio); Sweeney (6,off O Hernandez).  IBB–Ventura (7,by Asencio); Ibanez (5,by O Hernandez).  SB–B Williams (7,2nd base off Asencio/Hinch); Soriano (32,2nd base off Grimsley/Hinch); Beltran (29,2nd base off O Hernandez/Widger).  CS–Perez (9,2nd base by O Hernandez/Widger).  WP–O Hernandez 2 (5).  BK–M Rivera (1).  IBB–O Hernandez (2,Ibanez); Asencio (2,Ventura).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Lazaro Diaz, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–3:22.  A–27,565.
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