Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
September 27, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 2002 at Jacobs Field. 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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Kansas City Royals 3, Cleveland Indians 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 5 0 0 0
Beltran cf 5 2 2 0
Sweeney 1b 4 1 1 0
Randa 3b 3 0 0 1
Ibanez rf 4 0 1 0
Pellow dh 4 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 0 1 1
Hinch c 4 0 1 0
Febles 2b 2 0 1 0
Obermueller p 0 0 0 0
  Mullen p 0 0 0 0
  Sedlacek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 4 1 2 1
Vizquel ss 5 1 2 0
Burks dh 4 0 1 1
  Broussard ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Thome 1b 3 2 2 2
Garcia rf 4 2 3 1
Stevens lf 3 1 1 2
  Magruder lf 1 0 0 0
LaRocca 3b 4 0 0 0
McDonald 2b 4 1 1 0
Perez c 4 0 1 1
Sabathia p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
Kansas City 000 001 020370
Cleveland 031 021 10x8132
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Obermueller  L (0-2) 4.0 8 6 6 1 3
  Mullen   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Sedlacek   3.0 4 2 2 1 3
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
2
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Sabathia  W (13-11) 7.0 4 1 1 3 5
  Smith   0.2 3 2 0 0 0
  Riske   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
1
3
6

  E–LaRocca 2 (6).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Kansas City Beltran (43,off Sabathia), Cleveland Perez (9,off Obermueller); Vizquel (31,off Obermueller); McDonald (11,off Sedlacek).  3B–Cleveland Stevens (1,off Obermueller).  HR–Cleveland Thome (51,3rd inning off Obermueller 0 on, 2 out); Garcia (16,7th inning off Sedlacek 0 on, 1 out).  WP–Sedlacek (5).  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Mark Carlson, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:37.  A–27,706.
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