Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 20, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 2002 at Skydome. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Guiel rf 4 1 1 0
Tucker cf 4 0 1 2
Sweeney 1b 4 1 0 0
Ibanez lf 5 1 2 3
Randa dh 6 0 0 0
Mayne c 4 0 1 0
Pellow 3b 3 1 1 1
  Beltran ph 1 0 0 0
  Alicea 3b 0 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 1 0 0
Ordaz 2b 2 1 1 0
Asencio p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Bukvich p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 7 6
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 7 1 3 0
Hinske 3b 5 0 0 0
Woodward ss 5 1 1 0
Phelps dh 6 2 2 1
Wells cf 5 0 2 1
Hudson 2b 6 1 3 0
Berg rf,1b 5 0 2 1
Wilson c 3 0 1 0
  Wise pr,rf 1 0 0 0
  Swann ph,rf 2 0 0 1
Lesher 1b 3 0 1 0
  Huckaby c 3 0 1 1
Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Hendrickson p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Politte p 0 0 0 0
  Escobar p 0 0 0 0
  Cassidy p 0 0 0 0
  Prokopec p 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 5 16 5
Kansas City 011 010 000 003671
Toronto 100 200 000 0025160
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Asencio   6.0 7 3 2 1 0
  Grimsley   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Bukvich   1.2 2 0 0 2 4
  Affeldt  W (2-4) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Hernandez  SV (22) 1.0 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
12.0
16
5
4
4
8
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Miller   4.2 4 3 3 3 1
  Hendrickson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Smith   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Heredia   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Politte   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Escobar   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Cassidy  L (0-2) 2.1 1 3 3 4 1
  Prokopec   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
7
6
6
10
3

  E–Pellow (1).  DP–Kansas City 1, Toronto 1.  PB–Mayne (4).  2B–Kansas City Guiel (12,off Miller).  HR–Kansas City Pellow (1,2nd inning off Miller 0 on, 2 out); Ibanez (21,12th inning off Cassidy 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Guiel (2,off Miller); Alicea (2,off Cassidy); Tucker (5,off Cassidy).  SF–Tucker (2,off Miller).  IBB–Sweeney 2 (6,by Miller,by Cassidy); Hinske (4,by Grimsley).  CS–Ordaz (2,2nd base by Heredia/Wilson); Berg (2,2nd base by Asencio/Mayne).  IBB–Grimsley (5,Hinske); Miller (2,Sweeney); Cassidy (3,Sweeney).  U-HP–Bill Welke, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Kevin Kelley, 3B–Mark Wegner.  T–4:10.  A–20,002.
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