Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
August 27, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, Kansas City Royals 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Durham dh 5 1 1 1
Long cf 4 0 2 2
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 4 1 2 0
Dye rf 4 1 1 0
Justice lf 4 1 3 3
  Byrnes pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Mabry 1b 4 1 1 0
Ellis 2b 4 0 1 0
Myers c 3 1 1 0
  Hernandez c 0 0 0 0
Mulder p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 2 0 0 0
  Guiel rf 2 1 0 0
Beltran cf 4 1 1 1
Sweeney 1b 4 0 0 0
Ibanez rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Randa 3b 4 1 3 2
Pellow dh 3 0 1 1
Perez ss 3 0 0 0
  Alicea ph 1 0 0 0
Ordaz 2b 4 0 0 0
Hinch c 3 1 2 0
  Tucker ph 1 0 1 0
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Mullen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Oakland 001 111 1106120
Kansas City 000 000 130490
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Mulder  W (16-7) 7.0 7 4 4 0 5
  Mecir   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Koch  SV (35) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
0
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  L (3-3) 6.0 8 4 4 1 5
  Affeldt   2.0 4 2 2 0 2
  Mullen   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
1
8

  E–None.  2B–Oakland Dye (26,off Runelvys Hernandez); Long 2 (28,off Runelvys Hernandez,off Affeldt); Chavez (28,off Affeldt); Justice (17,off Affeldt), Kansas City Randa (33,off Mulder).  3B–Kansas City Randa (4,off Mecir).  HR–Oakland Durham (11,5th inning off Runelvys Hernandez 0 on, 1 out); Justice (10,6th inning off Runelvys Hernandez 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Long (3,off Runelvys Hernandez).  HBP–Pellow (1,by Mulder); Guiel (4,by Mulder).  SB–Justice (4,2nd base off Runelvys Hernandez/Hinch).  CS–Hinch (3,2nd base by Mulder/Myers).  WP–Mulder (7).  HBP–Mulder 2 (10,Pellow,Guiel).  U-HP–Lance Barksdale, 1B–Bruce Dreckman, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:47.  A–13,077.
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