Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
September 26, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Detroit Tigers 2, Kansas City Royals 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Torres cf 4 2 2 0
Infante ss 4 0 1 0
Halter 3b 3 0 0 1
Simon dh 2 0 0 0
Munson 1b 3 0 1 1
Bocachica rf 3 0 0 0
Lombard lf 3 0 0 0
Easley 2b 3 0 1 0
Inge c 3 0 0 0
Cornejo p 0 0 0 0
  Eckenstahler p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Tucker 2b,rf 3 1 0 0
Beltran cf 4 1 1 4
Sweeney 1b 4 0 1 0
Ibanez lf 4 1 3 0
Randa 3b 4 0 1 0
Brown dh 2 1 1 1
Berroa ss 4 1 0 0
Guiel rf 2 1 0 0
  Febles 2b 1 0 1 0
Hinch c 4 1 1 1
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 6
Detroit 000 100 001252
Kansas City 000 031 30x791
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Cornejo  L (1-5) 6.0 4 4 1 4 0
  Eckenstahler   0.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Rodney   1.2 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
8.0
9
7
4
5
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  W (9-16) 9.0 5 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
5

  E–Halter (21), Easley (9), Tucker (4).  DP–Detroit 2, Kansas City 2.  PB–Inge (10).  2B–Kansas City Hinch (7,off Eckenstahler).  3B–Kansas City Brown (1,off Cornejo).  HR–Kansas City Beltran (28,7th inning off Eckenstahler 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Halter (4,off Suppan); Beltran (7,off Cornejo).  IBB–Simon (5,by Suppan).  CS–Torres (2,2nd base by Suppan/Hinch).  WP–Cornejo (2).  IBB–Suppan (3,Simon).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Lazaro Diaz, 3B–Angel Hernandez.  T–2:38.  A–11,092.
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