Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
August 18, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 2006 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 1, Kansas City Royals 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kotsay cf 4 1 1 0
Swisher 1b 4 0 1 0
Bradley rf 4 0 2 1
Thomas dh 3 0 1 0
Chavez 3b 3 0 0 0
Payton lf 4 0 0 0
Crosby ss 4 0 1 0
Melhuse c 3 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 3 0 0 0
Blanton p 0 0 0 0
  Calero p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Witasick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus lf 4 1 1 0
Grudzielanek 2b 5 1 1 0
Teahen 3b 4 1 2 0
Sweeney dh 4 1 1 1
Brown rf 5 1 2 1
Shealy 1b 5 1 3 2
Bako c 4 1 2 0
Berroa ss 2 0 1 0
  Blanco pr,ss 1 0 1 1
Gathright cf 3 0 1 2
Hudson p 0 0 0 0
  Gobble p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 15 7
Oakland 100 000 000162
Kansas City 001 001 41x7152
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blanton  L (13-10) 6.0 8 2 2 0 3
  Calero   0.2 2 3 3 1 1
  Sauerbeck   0.1 3 1 0 0 0
  Witasick   1.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
15
7
6
2
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hudson  W (6-4) 7.0 5 1 1 2 2
  Gobble   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Peralta   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
3

  E–Swisher (7), Payton (6), Brown (3), Shealy (2).  DP–Kansas City 2. Berroa-Grudzielanek-Shealy, Hudson-Grudzielanek-Shealy.  2B–Oakland Kotsay (21,off Hudson), Kansas City Sweeney (6,off Blanton); Shealy (1,off Blanton); Teahen (18,off Blanton).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Bako (1,off Blanton).  SF–Gathright (3,off Blanton).  HBP–DeJesus (10,by Blanton); Berroa (3,by Blanton).  Team–12.  SB–DeJesus (4,2nd base off Blanton/Melhuse); Teahen (6,3rd base off Calero/Melhuse); Sweeney (1,2nd base off Calero/Melhuse); DeJesus (4,2nd base off Blanton/Melhuse); Teahen (6,3rd base off Calero/Melhuse); Sweeney (1,2nd base off Calero/Melhuse).  U-HP–Ron Kulpa, 1B–Lance Barksdale, 2B–Mike Muchlinski, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:43.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook