Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Kansas City Royals
August 1, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 2003 at Kauffman Stadium. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9, Kansas City Royals 6

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 5 2 2 0
Anderson 2b 3 0 2 2
  Perez ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Huff rf 5 2 2 0
  Sandberg 3b 0 0 0 0
Baldelli cf 5 2 2 1
Lee 1b 4 2 3 4
Rolls 3b,rf 5 0 1 0
Liefer dh 4 1 0 0
Hall c 5 0 2 1
Lugo ss 5 0 2 1
Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Gaudin p 0 0 0 0
  Backe p 0 0 0 0
  Malaska p 0 0 0 0
  Carter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 17 9
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Relaford rf,2b 4 0 1 0
Randa 3b 4 2 1 0
Beltran cf 5 1 3 0
Ibanez lf 3 1 1 5
Harvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Berroa ss 4 1 1 1
Tucker dh 2 0 0 0
DiFelice c 4 0 1 0
Febles 2b 3 1 1 0
  Brown ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6
Tampa Bay 410 000 4009170
Kansas City 410 100 000690
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy   1.0 4 5 5 3 1
  Gaudin   2.1 4 1 1 1 3
  Backe  W (1-0) 4.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Malaska   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Carter  SV (19) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
5
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Lima   2.0 6 5 5 0 0
  Wilson   4.0 5 0 0 0 4
  Lloyd  L (0-1) 0.1 3 3 3 0 1
  Grimsley   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Carrasco   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
17
9
9
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Tampa Bay Anderson (18,off Lima); Baldelli 2 (24,off Lima,off Lloyd); Huff (38,off Lloyd); Perez (5,off Carrasco), Kansas City Randa (17,off Gaudin).  HR–Tampa Bay Lee (11,1st inning off Lima 2 on, 1 out), Kansas City Ibanez (15,1st inning off Kennedy 2 on, 1 out); Berroa (15,1st inning off Kennedy 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Liefer (1,by Grimsley).  SF–Ibanez (7,off Gaudin).  SB–Crawford (29,2nd base off Lima/Difelice); Anderson (15,2nd base off Lima/Difelice).  CS–Beltran (2,2nd base by Backe/Hall).  WP–Lima (2), Grimsley (3).  IBB–Grimsley (2,Liefer).  U-HP–Doug Eddings, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Rob Drake.  T–3:19.  A–33,379.
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