Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
September 20, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 6, Kansas City Royals 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bradley cf 4 1 1 0
Vizquel ss 4 1 1 0
Burks dh 5 1 3 3
Thome 1b 4 1 2 1
Garcia rf 5 2 2 0
Stevens lf 3 0 0 0
  Crisp lf 1 0 0 0
Martinez c 4 0 0 0
LaRocca 3b 4 0 2 2
McDonald 2b 4 0 1 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Elder p 0 0 0 0
  Wohlers p 0 0 0 0
  Riggan p 0 0 0 0
  Baez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Tucker dh 4 0 1 0
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 3 0 1 0
  Pellow 1b 0 0 0 0
Ibanez rf 4 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 1 1 0
Mayne c 4 0 1 0
Berroa ss 3 1 2 1
Brown lf 3 0 1 1
Perez 2b 4 0 0 0
Obermueller p 0 0 0 0
  MacDougal p 0 0 0 0
  Hill p 0 0 0 0
  Mullen p 0 0 0 0
  Bukvich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Cleveland 300 100 0116121
Kansas City 000 010 001270
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  W (1-0) 5.0 3 1 1 2 4
  Elder   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Wohlers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Riggan   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Baez  SV (5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Obermueller  L (0-1) 3.2 6 4 4 1 2
  MacDougal   2.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Hill   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Mullen   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Bukvich   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
3
5

  E–Vizquel (7).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Garcia 2 (8,off Obermueller,off Mullen); Vizquel (28,off Bukvich); Burks (28,off Bukvich), Kansas City Brown (3,off Davis); Berroa (5,off Elder); Randa (36,off Riggan).  HR–Cleveland Burks (29,1st inning off Obermueller 1 on, 1 out); Thome (47,1st inning off Obermueller 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Crisp (3,off Mullen).  IBB–Thome (17,by Bukvich).  HBP–Sweeney (5,by Elder).  HBP–Elder (1,Sweeney).  IBB–Bukvich (3,Thome).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Mike DiMuro.  T–2:44.  A–13,271.
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