Houston Astros vs Kansas City Royals
June 17, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 2005 at Kauffman Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 7, Kansas City Royals 0

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 5 0 1 0
Burke 2b 4 1 1 0
Biggio dh 5 2 1 0
Berkman 1b 4 1 2 2
  Lamb pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Ensberg 3b 4 2 2 2
Lane rf 3 0 0 0
Everett ss 4 0 1 2
Ausmus c 2 0 0 0
Bruntlett lf 3 1 1 1
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Qualls p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Harville p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Berroa ss 2 0 0 0
  McEwing ph,ss 2 0 2 0
DeJesus cf 4 0 2 0
Stairs dh 5 0 0 0
Brown rf 4 0 1 0
Long lf 4 0 2 0
Graffanino 1b 3 0 1 0
Teahen 3b 4 0 0 0
Buck c 4 0 1 0
Gotay 2b 4 0 0 0
Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Oviedo p 0 0 0 0
  Sisco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 0 9 0
Houston 300 001 300790
Kansas City 000 000 000090
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (5-3) 6.0 4 0 0 3 6
  Qualls   1.0 3 0 0 0 0
  Franco   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Harville   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
0
0
3
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Howell  L (1-1) 6.0 5 4 4 3 3
  Oviedo   1.0 4 3 3 1 0
  Sisco   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
5
4

  E–None.  2B–Houston Berkman (5,off Howell); Everett (18,off Howell); Burke (5,off Howell), Kansas City Long (12,off Clemens).  HR–Houston Ensberg (16,6th inning off Howell 0 on 0 out); Bruntlett (1,7th inning off Nunez 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Lane (3,by Howell).  Team LOB–7.  Team–12.  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Marty Foster, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Laz Diaz.  T–2:56.  A–27,385.
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