Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
August 23, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 2006 at Kauffman Stadium. 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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Cleveland Indians 15, Kansas City Royals 13

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Sizemore cf 5 2 2 2
Michaels lf 4 0 1 3
Hafner dh 3 3 1 1
Martinez c 6 1 1 1
Garko 1b 6 1 2 2
Peralta ss 4 2 1 0
Luna 2b 6 2 4 4
Gutierrez rf 4 2 2 0
  Choo ph,rf 2 0 1 1
Boone 3b 3 2 1 1
Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Cabrera p 0 0 0 0
  Betancourt p 0 0 0 0
  Mastny p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 15 16 15
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus lf 5 2 2 1
Grudzielanek 2b 6 2 1 2
Teahen 3b 5 3 4 1
Sweeney dh 6 2 4 4
Brown rf 6 1 3 1
Shealy 1b 6 1 2 1
Bako c 3 0 0 0
  German ph 1 0 0 0
Blanco ss 5 1 1 0
  Sanders ph 1 0 0 0
Gathright cf 6 1 2 3
De La Rosa p 0 0 0 0
  Wellemeyer p 0 0 0 0
  Gobble p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Burgos p 0 0 0 0
  Sisco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 13 19 13
Cleveland 102 312 004 215161
Kansas City 1000 003 000 013190
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd   0.2 8 9 3 0 1
  Davis   3.1 5 1 1 0 1
  Hernandez   1.2 4 3 3 1 2
  Cabrera   1.1 1 0 0 3 4
  Betancourt  W (2-4) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Mastny  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
19
13
7
4
12
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
De La Rosa   3.1 6 6 6 1 1
  Wellemeyer   1.2 3 3 3 2 2
  Gobble   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Peralta   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Nelson   0.2 3 4 4 1 2
  Burgos   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Sisco  L (1-3) 1.0 2 2 2 2 2
Totals
10.0
16
15
15
6
11

  E–Garko (2).  2B–Cleveland Peralta (23,off de la Rosa); Luna 2 (3,off Wellemeyer,off Nelson); Gutierrez (5,off Wellemeyer); Michaels (23,off Gobble); Martinez (30,off Nelson); Garko (3,off Nelson), Kansas City Brown (32,off Davis); Sweeney (8,off Carmona); Shealy (3,off Carmona)..  3B–Cleveland Choo (1,off Burgos), Kansas City Gathright (3,off Byrd).  HR–Cleveland Hafner (39,1st inning off de la Rosa 0 on 2 out); Boone (7,3rd inning off de la Rosa 0 on 1 out); Sizemore (19,3rd inning off de la Rosa 0 on 1 out)., Kansas City Sweeney (3,1st inning off Byrd 2 on 0 out); Grudzielanek (7,1st inning off Byrd 1 on 2 out)..  SH–Michaels (1,off Sisco).  SF–Michaels (5,off Wellemeyer).  HBP–Hafner (6,by de la Rosa); Sizemore (11,by Sisco).  IBB–Hafner (12,by Sisco).  Team LOB–8.  Team–11.  SB–Teahen (9,3rd base off Cabrera/Martinez).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Marty Foster.  T–4:00.  A–12,671.
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