Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
April 5, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 5, 2004 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City Royals 9

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harris 2b 4 0 0 0
Valentin ss 5 1 1 1
Ordonez rf 4 0 1 1
Thomas dh 3 1 1 0
Lee lf 4 2 2 1
Konerko 1b 4 1 3 2
Crede 3b 4 0 0 0
Rowand cf 4 1 1 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 1 3 2
Buehrle p 0 0 0 0
  Politte p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
  Marte p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 12 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Berroa ss 5 1 1 0
Beltran cf 5 1 2 2
Sweeney 1b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez rf 4 1 2 0
Randa 3b 3 2 1 0
Harvey dh 3 1 1 0
Santiago c 4 2 2 3
Guiel lf 4 0 1 1
Relaford 2b 1 0 1 0
  Graffanino pr,2b 1 0 0 0
  Stairs ph 0 0 0 0
  Lopez ph 1 1 1 3
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Field p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 13 9
Chicago 040 100 2007121
Kansas City 010 010 1069130
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Buehrle   6.2 8 3 2 1 1
  Politte   1.1 1 2 2 2 2
  Koch   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Marte  L (0-1) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.1
13
9
8
3
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson   5.0 7 5 5 0 5
  Camp   2.0 4 2 2 1 0
  Field   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Carrasco  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
1
7

  E–Buehrle (1).  DP–Chicago 3, Kansas City 2.  PB–S Alomar (1).  2B–Chicago Konerko (1,off Anderson); Valentin (1,off Camp), Kansas City Sweeney (1,off Politte); Santiago (1,off Koch).  HR–Chicago S Alomar (1,2nd inning off Anderson 1 on, 2 out); Lee (1,4th inning off Anderson 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Santiago (1,5th inning off Buehrle 0 on, 1 out); Lopez (1,9th inning off Marte 2 on, 1 out); Beltran (1,9th inning off Marte 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Harris (1,off Anderson).  Team LOB–4.  Team–4.  SB–Konerko (1,2nd base off Field/Santiago).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Jerry Meals, 3B–Paul Schrieber.  T–2:46.  A–41,575.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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