Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox
August 20, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 2007 at U.S. Cellular Field. The Chicago White Sox 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 3, Chicago White Sox 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
German 3b 4 0 0 0
DeJesus cf 5 0 1 0
Grudzielanek 2b 5 1 1 0
Butler dh 4 0 1 0
Brown rf 3 1 2 2
Gordon 1b 3 1 1 0
Buck c 2 0 0 0
  Gload ph 1 0 0 0
  LaRue c 0 0 0 0
Pena ss 3 0 0 0
  Smith ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Gathright lf 4 0 3 1
Meche p 0 0 0 0
  Gobble p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
  Greinke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Owens cf 4 1 3 0
Fields 3b 4 0 1 1
Thome dh 4 0 0 0
Konerko 1b 4 0 1 0
Pierzynski c 4 0 1 0
Dye rf 3 1 2 0
Podsednik lf 4 1 1 2
Uribe ss 2 0 0 0
Richar 2b 3 1 1 1
Buehrle p 0 0 0 0
  Wassermann p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton p 0 0 0 0
  Bukvich p 0 0 0 0
  Logan p 0 0 0 0
  MacDougal p 0 0 0 0
  Jenks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 4
Kansas City 000 003 000390
Chicago 000 020 20x4100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Meche   5.2 6 2 2 2 6
  Gobble   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Riske  L (1-3) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Greinke   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
2
7
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Buehrle   5.1 6 3 3 2 4
  Wassermann   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Thornton  W (4-4) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Bukvich   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Logan   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  MacDougal   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Jenks  SV (34) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
6

  E–None.  2B–Kansas City Butler (14,off Buehrle); Grudzielanek (27,off Buehrle); Gordon (26,off Buehrle)., Chicago Dye 2 (25,off Meche,off Greinke).  HR–Kansas City Brown (6,6th inning off Buehrle 1 on 1 out), Chicago Podsednik (2,5th inning off Meche 1 on 0 out); Richar (2,7th inning off Riske 0 on 1 out).  SH–German (6,off Jenks).  HBP–Buck (7,by Wassermann).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  U–Chuck Meriwether, Tim Timmons, Adam Dowdy.  T–3:06.  A–35,391.
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