Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
September 18, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 2005 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians 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 0, Cleveland Indians 11

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Ambres cf 4 0 1 0
McEwing 3b 4 0 0 0
Sweeney dh 4 0 0 0
Brown rf 4 0 1 0
Berroa ss 3 0 0 0
  Murphy 2b 0 0 0 0
Huber 1b 3 0 1 0
Diaz lf 3 0 2 0
Phillips c 3 0 0 0
Blanco 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Oviedo p 0 0 0 0
  Demaria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Sizemore cf 3 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Crisp lf 5 2 3 2
Peralta ss 5 1 2 3
Hafner dh 4 1 1 2
  Garko ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Martinez c 4 2 2 0
  Bard ph,c 1 0 1 0
Broussard 1b 4 2 3 3
Hernandez 2b,3b 5 1 1 1
Boone 3b 3 1 2 0
  Vazquez ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Blake rf 3 1 1 0
Sabathia p 0 0 0 0
  Cabrera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 16 11
Kansas City 000 000 000051
Cleveland 200 601 20x11160
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Lima  L (5-16) 4.0 9 8 8 1 2
  Oviedo   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Demaria   2.0 5 2 2 1 4
Totals
8.0
16
11
11
2
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Sabathia  W (14-10) 8.0 5 0 0 0 8
  Cabrera   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
0
10

  E–Diaz (2).  DP–Cleveland 1. Peralta-Hernandez-Broussard.  2B–Cleveland Boone 2 (19,off Lima 2); Peralta (33,off Lima); Martinez (25,off Lima); Broussard (24,off Lima); Crisp (39,off Nunez).  HR–Cleveland Hafner (26,1st inning off Lima 1 on 2 out); Peralta (22,4th inning off Lima 2 on 2 out); Broussard (19,7th inning off Demaria 1 on 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Blake (9,by Nunez).  Team–8.  U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–2:27.  A–22,654.
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