Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
August 28, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 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 7, Kansas City Royals 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Durham dh 4 1 1 1
Hatteberg 1b 5 0 1 0
Tejada ss 5 2 2 1
Chavez 3b 5 1 2 1
Dye rf 4 1 1 1
Justice lf 4 1 1 1
  Byrnes lf 0 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 3 0 1 1
Long cf 4 1 1 1
Hernandez c 2 0 1 0
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Tam p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Ordaz 2b 4 0 1 0
Beltran cf 3 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 4 0 0 0
Ibanez lf 4 1 1 0
Randa dh 4 0 1 0
Pellow 3b 3 0 0 0
Tucker rf 2 0 0 0
Perez ss 3 0 1 0
Hinch c 3 0 0 0
Sedlacek p 0 0 0 0
  Bukvich p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 0
Oakland 600 000 1007110
Kansas City 000 000 100140
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  W (19-5) 7.0 4 1 1 2 3
  Bradford   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Tam   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Sedlacek  L (3-4) 6.0 9 6 6 3 2
  Bukvich   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Grimsley   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Oakland Ellis (13,off Grimsley), Kansas City Ibanez (29,off Zito).  HR–Oakland Tejada (28,7th inning off Bukvich 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Ellis (2,off Sedlacek).  WP–Sedlacek (4).  U-HP–Bruce Dreckman, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Lance Barksdale.  T–2:36.  A–15,952.
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