Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
July 20, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 2005 at Jacobs Field. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Indians 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 5 1 1 0
McEwing 1b 4 1 1 0
  Stairs ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Sweeney dh 5 0 2 1
Brown rf 3 0 0 1
Buck c 4 0 1 0
Berroa ss 3 2 1 1
Ambres lf 4 0 2 0
Teahen 3b 3 0 1 0
Murphy 2b 4 1 2 2
Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Burgos p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  MacDougal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Sizemore cf 4 2 3 0
Boone 3b 5 1 2 1
Crisp lf 4 0 2 1
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0
Blake rf 4 0 2 0
Peralta ss 4 0 0 0
Dubois dh 4 0 1 0
Bard c 3 0 0 0
  Martinez ph,c 1 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0
  Belliard ph 1 0 0 0
Sabathia p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Betancourt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 2
Kansas City 003 101 0005112
Cleveland 000 020 1003100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Lima  W (3-8) 6.0 8 2 2 1 3
  Wood   0.2 2 1 0 0 1
  Burgos   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Affeldt   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  MacDougal  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
2
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Sabathia  L (6-7) 6.0 8 5 4 2 4
  Riske   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Sauerbeck   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Betancourt   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
2
5

  E–Brown (7), Teahen (14).  DP–Kansas City 1. Berroa-McEwing, Cleveland 1. Peralta-Phillips-Hernandez.  PB–Bard (2).  2B–Kansas City DeJesus (21,off Sabathia); Ambres (1,off Sabathia); Buck (11,off Riske), Cleveland Boone (13,off Lima); Blake (14,off Lima).  HR–Kansas City Murphy (1,3rd inning off Sabathia 0 on 1 out); Berroa (6,4th inning off Sabathia 0 on 0 out).  SH–Teahen (2,off Sabathia); Crisp (4,off Lima).  Team LOB–7.  Team–9.  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Bill Welke, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:56.  A–21,860.
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