Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
August 18, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 2002 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 6, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Guiel rf 5 1 1 0
Beltran dh 5 1 1 0
Sweeney 1b 4 2 2 3
Ibanez lf 4 1 2 0
Pellow 3b 4 1 2 1
Tucker cf 3 0 0 0
Alicea 2b 2 0 0 1
  Randa ph 1 0 0 0
  Perez ss 0 0 0 0
Hinch c 3 0 0 1
Ordaz ss,2b 4 0 1 0
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
  Bukvich p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Stein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Abernathy 2b 4 1 2 1
Crawford lf 5 0 0 0
Huff 1b 5 1 3 3
Sandberg 3b 5 1 1 0
Cox dh 3 2 1 0
Hall c 4 2 3 1
Grieve rf 2 0 1 0
Conti cf 3 1 1 0
Escalona ss 1 0 0 0
  Winn ph 1 0 0 1
  Sheets ss 0 0 0 0
  Gomez ss 0 0 0 0
Sturtze p 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 12 6
Kansas City 004 000 002690
Tampa Bay 120 002 30x8120
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  L (8-13) 5.1 8 5 5 4 5
  Bukvich   0.2 3 3 3 2 0
  Grimsley   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Stein   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
7
9
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sturtze  W (2-13) 7.0 5 4 4 5 7
  Alvarez   2.0 4 2 2 0 4
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
5
11

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Sweeney (29,off Sturtze), Tampa Bay Hall 2 (13,off Suppan,off Bukvich); Sandberg (14,off Bukvich).  HR–Kansas City Sweeney (18,9th inning off Alvarez 1 on, 2 out), Tampa Bay Huff (16,1st inning off Suppan 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Escalona (3,off Suppan).  IBB–Conti (1,by Grimsley).  SB–Sweeney (6,2nd base off Sturtze/Hall).  CS–Ordaz (1,2nd base by Sturtze/Hall).  WP–Suppan 3 (9).  IBB–Grimsley (4,Conti).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Mike DiMuro.  T–2:58.  A–10,607.
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