Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 18, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 2007 at Busch Stadium III. The Kansas City Royals defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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

Kansas City Royals 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 4 0 1 1
German 2b 4 1 0 1
Teahen rf 5 0 2 1
Brown lf 4 0 2 1
Gordon 3b 4 0 0 0
Buck c 3 1 1 1
Shealy 1b 4 1 2 0
Pena ss 4 1 1 0
Perez p 3 1 1 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
  Costa ph 1 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Taguchi cf 5 1 3 0
Spiezio 2b 4 0 2 1
Pujols 1b 2 0 0 0
Encarnacion rf 4 0 1 0
Rolen 3b 4 1 1 1
Ludwick lf 4 0 0 0
Miles ss 4 0 1 0
Bennett c 3 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
Wainwright p 1 1 1 0
  Schumaker ph 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Duncan ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 2
Kansas City 120 200 0005100
St. Louis 100 110 000393
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  W (4-7) 6.0 6 3 3 3 1
  Riske   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Soria   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Dotel  SV (6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wainwright  L (5-6) 7.0 9 5 4 1 0
  Springer   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Johnson   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
1
3

  E–Rolen (1), Wainwright 2 (2).  DP–Kansas City 2. Pena-German-Shealy, Pena-German-Shealy, St. Louis 2. Spiezio-Miles-Pujols, Pujols.  2B–Kansas City Shealy (5,off Wainwright), St. Louis Spiezio 2 (12,off Perez 2).  HR–Kansas City Buck (13,2nd inning off Wainwright 0 on 0 out), St. Louis Rolen (4,4th inning off Perez 0 on 1 out).  SH–DeJesus (2,off Wainwright).  HBP–Buck (4,by Wainwright).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Pujols 2 (9,by Perez 2).  Team–7.  SB–DeJesus (3,2nd base off Wainwright/Bennett); Brown (7,2nd base off Wainwright/Bennett).  U-HP–Adam Dowdy, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:44.  A–43,524.
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