Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
August 15, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 2004 at Network Associates Coliseum. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 6, Oakland Athletics 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 3 2 1 0
Randa 3b 5 0 1 3
Sweeney dh 5 0 1 0
Harvey 1b 5 1 2 0
Nunez rf 5 0 1 1
Guiel lf 3 1 0 0
Castillo c 2 0 1 0
Gotay 2b 4 1 1 2
Blanco ss 4 1 2 0
Greinke p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kotsay cf 4 0 1 0
McLemore 3b 4 0 1 0
Hatteberg 1b 4 0 2 0
Dye rf 4 0 0 0
Durazo dh 3 1 1 0
Melhuse c 4 0 1 0
Byrnes lf 4 0 1 1
Scutaro 2b 3 0 0 0
Crosby ss 3 0 0 0
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Duchscherer p 0 0 0 0
  Lehr p 0 0 0 0
  Hammond p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Kansas City 000 000 3216100
Oakland 000 100 000170
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Greinke  W (5-9) 7.0 6 1 1 1 4
  Reyes   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  L (8-9) 6.2 4 2 2 3 9
  Rincon   0.0 0 1 1 0 0
  Duchscherer   0.2 2 2 2 2 1
  Lehr   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Hammond   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
5
11

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Blanco (1,off Zito); Randa (19,off Duchscherer), Oakland Kotsay (25,off Greinke).  HBP–DeJesus (5,by Rincon).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  SB–DeJesus (4,2nd base off Zito/Melhuse).  CS–Castillo (1,Home by Lehr/Melhuse).  HBP–Rincon (1,DeJesus).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Ron Kulpa, 2B–Bill Miller, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:49.  A–37,748.
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