Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
September 9, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 2003 at Kauffman Stadium. 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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Cleveland Indians 7, Kansas City Royals 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 5 1 2 0
Blake 3b 4 1 1 1
Gerut lf 4 1 0 0
Escobar rf 3 1 1 1
Broussard 1b 4 2 2 1
Martinez c 4 1 2 3
Laker dh 2 0 0 0
  Hafner ph,dh 0 0 0 1
Peralta ss 4 0 1 0
Phillips 2b 4 0 1 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Cressend p 0 0 0 0
  Betancourt p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Guiel rf 5 0 3 0
Randa 3b 5 0 1 0
Sweeney dh 3 0 2 0
Beltran cf 4 0 1 0
Ibanez lf 4 0 0 0
Harvey 1b 4 0 1 0
Berroa ss 4 0 0 0
Relaford 2b 3 1 1 0
Mayne c 3 0 1 1
  White ph 1 0 1 0
  Lopez pr 0 0 0 0
Gobble p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  MacDougal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 11 1
Cleveland 100 005 0107100
Kansas City 000 000 1001111
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  W (8-10) 5.0 5 0 0 2 1
  Cressend   1.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Betancourt   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Riske   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
1
1
2
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gobble  L (3-4) 6.0 4 6 1 2 5
  Carrasco   2.0 4 1 1 0 2
  MacDougal   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
2
2
7

  E–Berroa (22).  DP–Cleveland 2, Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Relaford (25,off Cressend); Mayne (15,off Cressend).  3B–Cleveland Crisp (6,off Gobble).  HR–Cleveland Martinez (1,6th inning off Gobble 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Blake (8,off Gobble); Hafner (1,off Carrasco).  HBP–Gerut (6,by Gobble).  CS–Laker (2,2nd base by Gobble/Mayne).  HBP–Gobble (3,Gerut).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Paul Emmel, 2B–Kevin Kelley, 3B–Bill Miller.  T–2:39.  A–12,389.
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