Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
April 4, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 2003 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."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 1, Kansas City Royals 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bradley cf 4 0 1 0
Phillips 2b 4 0 1 0
Lawton lf 4 0 1 0
Burks dh 4 0 0 0
Spencer rf 4 0 0 0
Hafner 1b 4 0 0 0
Blake 3b 3 1 1 0
  Selby ph 1 0 0 0
Laker c 2 0 1 0
McDonald ss 3 0 1 1
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Traber p 0 0 0 0
  Paronto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Tucker cf 4 0 1 2
Randa 3b 4 0 1 0
Sweeney 1b 2 0 0 0
  Lopez 1b 0 0 0 0
Ibanez lf 3 2 2 0
Harvey dh 3 0 1 0
Relaford rf 3 0 0 1
Berroa ss 4 1 2 1
Febles 2b 3 1 0 0
DiFelice c 4 1 1 1
George p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
Cleveland 000 010 000161
Kansas City 041 000 00x580
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  L (0-1) 3.0 7 5 5 2 1
  Traber   3.0 1 0 0 3 0
  Paronto   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
5
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
George  W (1-0) 6.2 5 1 1 1 4
  Grimsley   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Carrasco   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
7

  E–McDonald (1).  PB–Laker (1).  2B–Cleveland Lawton (1,off Grimsley).  SH–Relaford (1,off Davis).  HBP–Febles (1,by Davis).  IBB–Sweeney (1,by Traber).  SB–B Phillips (1,2nd base off George/Difelice); Tucker (1,2nd base off Davis/Laker).  CS–Tucker (1,2nd base by Traber/Laker).  WP–Davis 2 (2), Traber (1).  BK–George (1).  HBP–Davis (1,Febles).  IBB–Traber (1,Sweeney).  U-HP–Andrew Fletcher, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Mike DiMuro.  T–2:23.  A–15,241.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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