Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees
April 30, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 2004 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 2, New York Yankees 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Graffanino 2b 3 0 0 0
Beltran cf 4 0 1 0
Sweeney 1b 3 1 1 0
Stairs rf 4 0 0 0
Harvey dh 3 1 1 2
Randa 3b 3 0 0 0
Santiago c 3 0 0 0
Relaford ss 3 0 0 0
DeJesus lf 3 0 0 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 3 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Jeter ss 4 1 1 1
Williams dh 4 2 2 1
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
Giambi 1b 4 0 1 1
  Clark 1b 0 0 0 0
Sheffield rf 3 0 1 1
Posada c 2 1 0 1
Matsui cf,lf 3 1 1 0
Sierra lf 4 0 1 0
  Crosby cf 0 0 0 0
Cairo 2b 3 0 1 0
Vazquez p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
Kansas City 000 010 100231
New York 000 120 02x590
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  L (1-2) 7.0 8 5 5 7 3
  Grimsley   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
8
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Vazquez  W (3-2) 8.0 2 2 2 0 5
  Rivera  SV (8) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
1
7

  E–Anderson (1).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Sweeney (3,off Vazquez), New York Sierra (3,off Anderson); Williams 2 (4,off Anderson,off Grimsley).  HR–Kansas City Harvey (3,5th inning off Vazquez 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Harvey (1,off Vazquez).  HBP–Graffanino (1,by Vazquez).  Team LOB–3.  IBB–Rodriguez (2,by Anderson); Sheffield (1,by Anderson).  Team–10.  HBP–Vazquez (2,Graffanino).  IBB–Anderson 2 (2,Rodriguez,Sheffield).  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Lance Barksdale, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Sam Holbrook.  T–2:37.  A–43,237.
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