Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners
August 31, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 2002 at Safeco Field. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, Seattle Mariners 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 4 0 1 0
  Pellow 3b 1 0 1 1
Beltran cf 3 2 2 1
Sweeney 1b 5 0 1 0
Ibanez rf,lf 3 0 1 2
Tucker dh 4 0 1 0
Mayne c 4 0 1 0
Alicea 3b 3 0 1 0
  Guiel rf 1 0 0 0
Perez ss 3 1 0 0
Ordaz 2b 4 1 1 0
Asencio p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Suzuki rf 5 1 1 0
Relaford 3b,lf 5 0 2 0
Boone 2b 3 0 0 0
Cameron cf 3 0 0 1
Olerud dh 2 0 1 0
  Gipson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Offerman 1b 2 0 0 0
Guillen ss 3 1 1 1
Davis c 4 0 1 0
McLemore lf 3 0 0 0
  Cirillo pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Franklin p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Sasaki p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Kansas City 000 001 0124101
Seattle 000 001 010261
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Asencio   6.0 3 1 1 4 2
  Affeldt  W (3-4) 2.0 3 1 1 2 2
  Hernandez  SV (25) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
6
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Franklin   7.0 5 1 1 2 5
  Nelson   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Rhodes  L (7-3) 1.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Sasaki   0.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
7

  E–Alicea (8), Guillen (16).  DP–Kansas City 2, Seattle 1.  PB–Mayne (5).  2B–Kansas City Beltran (38,off Franklin).  HR–Seattle Guillen (9,8th inning off Affeldt 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Guillen (3,off Asencio).  IBB–Boone (4,by Affeldt).  CS–Beltran (6,2nd base by Franklin/Davis); Tucker (7,3rd base by Franklin/Davis).  IBB–Affeldt (3,Boone).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Mike Fichter, 3B–Marvin Hudson.  T–3:00.  A–45,500.
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