Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
September 21, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 2, Kansas City Royals 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 4 0 2 0
Phillips 2b 5 0 0 0
Selby lf,3b 5 2 2 2
Thome dh 4 0 2 0
Garcia rf 3 0 1 0
Bard c 2 0 0 0
  Martinez ph,c 1 0 1 0
LaRocca 3b 3 0 1 0
  Stevens ph 1 0 0 0
  Magruder lf 0 0 0 0
Broussard 1b 4 0 2 0
McDonald ss 4 0 1 0
Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
  Sadler p 0 0 0 0
  Wohlers p 0 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 12 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 3 1 1 0
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
Sweeney dh 3 1 2 1
Ibanez rf,1b 5 0 1 0
Randa 3b 4 0 0 0
Pellow 1b 2 0 1 0
  Tucker ph,rf 2 0 1 1
Berroa ss 2 0 0 0
Perez 2b 3 0 1 0
  Guiel ph 1 0 0 0
  Febles 2b 0 0 0 0
Hinch c 3 1 1 0
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 2
Cleveland 000 001 1002120
Kansas City 000 010 101380
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lee   5.0 4 1 1 4 2
  Riske   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Sadler   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Wohlers   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Mulholland  L (3-2) 0.2 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.2
8
3
3
8
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez   6.2 10 2 2 2 0
  Affeldt   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Grimsley  W (4-6) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
2
2
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Perez (20,off Lee); Knoblauch (9,off Mulholland).  3B–Cleveland Crisp (2,off Runelvys Hernandez).  HR–Cleveland Selby 2 (6,6th inning off Runelvys Hernandez 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Runelvys Hernandez 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Knoblauch (2,off Lee); Beltran (3,off Mulholland).  IBB–Sweeney 2 (10,by Lee,by Mulholland); Randa (1,by Mulholland).  CS–Garcia (3,2nd base by Affeldt/Hinch).  SB–Pellow (1,2nd base off Lee/Bard); Sweeney (8,3rd base off Wohlers/Martinez); Ibanez (5,2nd base off Wohlers/Martinez).  WP–Wohlers (7), Runelvys Hernandez (2).  IBB–Lee (1,Sweeney); Mulholland 2 (3,Sweeney,Randa).  U-HP–Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Mike DiMuro, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:57.  A–15,448.
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