Kansas City Royals vs Colorado Rockies
June 8, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 2003 at Coors Field. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 7, Colorado Rockies 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Relaford 2b,rf 6 1 2 0
Randa 3b 5 1 3 0
Sweeney 1b 5 0 1 0
Beltran cf 4 1 2 0
Tucker lf 4 1 1 3
  Walrond p 0 0 0 0
  Harvey ph 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Berroa ss 4 1 1 1
Guiel rf 5 1 2 1
  May p 0 0 0 0
Mayne c 4 1 2 1
Affeldt p 2 0 1 1
  DeHart p 1 0 0 0
  Gilfillan p 0 0 0 0
  Ibanez lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 15 7
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Uribe ss,2b 5 2 2 0
Payton lf 4 1 1 0
Walker rf 4 1 2 2
Wilson cf 3 1 1 1
Stynes 3b 3 2 2 3
Hernandez 1b,ss 3 0 0 0
Johnson c 4 0 2 2
Butler 2b 4 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Fuentes p 0 0 0 0
  Jimenez p 0 0 0 0
Elarton p 1 0 0 0
  Norton ph 1 1 1 0
  Speier p 1 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Sweeney 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 8
Kansas City 023 010 0107152
Colorado 400 030 10x8110
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Affeldt   3.0 5 4 2 0 2
  DeHart  L (0-2) 1.0 4 3 3 2 1
  Gilfillan   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Walrond   2.0 2 1 1 1 3
  May   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
6
4
7
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Elarton  W (3-1) 5.0 11 6 6 1 4
  Speier   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Lopez   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Reed   0.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Fuentes   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Jimenez  SV (15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
2
6

  E–Relaford (6), Beltran (2).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Randa (13,off Elarton); Guiel (2,off Elarton); Relaford (11,off Reed), Colorado Wilson (22,off Affeldt); Stynes 2 (13,off Affeldt,off Walrond); Uribe (1,off DeHart); Johnson (8,off Walrond).  3B–Kansas City Berroa (2,off Elarton); Mayne (1,off Elarton).  HR–Kansas City Tucker (8,3rd inning off Elarton 2 on, 1 out); Guiel (1,5th inning off Elarton 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Harvey (4,by Reed); Berroa (9,by Reed).  IBB–Mayne (3,by Elarton).  HBP–Reed 2 (4,Harvey,Berroa).  IBB–Elarton (3,Mayne).  U-HP–Kerwin Danley, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Rob Drake, 3B–Bill Welke.  T–2:58.  A–30,084.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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