Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
September 29, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 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 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Tucker cf 5 0 1 1
Beltran dh 4 1 2 1
Ibanez 1b 5 1 1 0
Pellow 3b 3 0 0 0
Guiel rf 4 0 1 1
Berroa ss 5 0 1 0
Brown lf 4 0 0 0
Ordaz 2b 4 1 1 0
Wathan c 3 0 2 0
May p 0 0 0 0
  Mullen p 0 0 0 0
  Bukvich p 0 0 0 0
  Hill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 9 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 3 0 0 1
Phillips 2b 4 1 2 0
Fryman 3b 4 1 1 2
Thome dh 3 0 1 1
  Broussard pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Martinez c 2 1 1 2
Snyder 1b 4 1 1 1
Selby lf 2 1 0 0
  Garcia ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Magruder rf,lf 3 1 0 0
McDonald ss 2 1 0 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Herrera p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
  Sadler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 6 7
Kansas City 200 000 010392
Cleveland 000 022 30x761
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
May   5.0 3 2 2 0 6
  Mullen  L (4-5) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Bukvich   1.0 1 3 1 2 0
  Hill   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
6
7
5
3
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   3.1 4 2 2 2 2
  Herrera   1.2 2 0 0 0 3
  Wright  W (2-3) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Riske   2.0 2 1 1 0 5
  Sadler   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
14

  E–Pellow (5), Bukvich (3), B Phillips (2).  2B–Kansas City Beltran (44,off Herrera); Tucker (27,off Riske), Cleveland Fryman (14,off Bukvich).  HR–Kansas City Beltran (29,1st inning off Smith 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Martinez (1,5th inning off May 0 on, 0 out); Snyder (1,5th inning off May 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Wathan (1,by Smith).  SH–McDonald (7,off Bukvich).  SF–Martinez (1,off Mullen); Crisp (2,off Bukvich).  WP–Hill (1).  HBP–Smith (1,Wathan).  U-HP–Mark Carlson, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–C.B. Bucknor.  T–2:40.  A–32,018.
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