Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees
August 20, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 2003 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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 7, New York Yankees 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Guiel rf 4 1 1 0
Berroa ss 5 1 2 1
Sweeney dh 5 1 1 1
Beltran cf 5 1 2 1
Ibanez lf 5 1 3 0
Randa 3b 4 0 3 2
Relaford 2b 5 1 1 1
Harvey 1b 4 0 3 1
Mayne c 3 0 0 0
  Matos ph 1 1 1 0
Gobble p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 17 7
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Soriano 2b 3 1 1 0
Jeter ss 5 0 1 2
Williams cf 5 0 2 1
Sierra dh 4 0 1 0
Matsui lf 5 0 0 0
Boone 3b 5 2 2 0
Johnson 1b 3 3 2 2
Flaherty c 4 0 1 1
Rivera J. rf 4 2 3 2
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Hitchcock p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera M. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 13 8
Kansas City 020 000 1047171
New York 041 030 00x8130
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gobble  L (2-2) 4.1 11 8 8 2 3
  Affeldt   2.2 2 0 0 1 4
  Lloyd   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
3
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (12-7) 6.1 8 3 3 0 5
  Orosco   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Osuna   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Hitchcock   0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Rivera  SV (27) 0.2 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
7
7
1
8

  E–Randa (5).  2B–Kansas City Relaford (22,off Clemens); Harvey (27,off Clemens), New York Soriano (27,off Gobble); Boone (3,off Gobble); J Rivera (11,off Gobble); Flaherty (6,off Gobble).  3B–Kansas City Beltran (7,off Clemens).  HR–New York Johnson (9,5th inning off Gobble 1 on, 0 out); J Rivera (2,5th inning off Gobble 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Randa (5,off Clemens).  HBP–Johnson (2,by Gobble).  CS–Harvey (3,2nd base by Clemens/Flaherty).  HBP–Gobble (2,Johnson).  U-HP–Dan Iassogna, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Brian O'Nora, 3B–Phil Cuzzi.  T–3:19.  A–46,973.
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