Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
September 14, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 2007 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."

"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 4, Cleveland Indians 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
German 3b 4 0 1 0
  Gordon 3b 1 0 0 0
DeJesus cf 4 1 1 1
Grudzielanek 2b 3 1 1 2
Sweeney dh 3 0 1 1
  Costa ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Butler 1b 3 0 1 0
  Gload 1b 1 0 0 0
Teahen rf 3 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 1 1 0
  Gathright ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Buck c 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  LaRue c 0 0 0 0
Pena ss 3 1 2 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
  Bale p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Sizemore cf 1 1 0 0
Cabrera 2b 3 0 0 0
Hafner dh 4 0 1 1
Martinez c 3 1 1 1
Garko 1b 4 0 1 0
Peralta ss 4 0 0 0
Lofton lf 4 1 1 0
Gutierrez rf 4 1 1 2
Blake 3b 4 1 1 1
Sabathia p 0 0 0 0
  Betancourt p 0 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 6 5
Kansas City 000 040 000491
Cleveland 100 000 211560
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister   6.0 2 1 1 3 2
  Peralta   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Bale   0.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Riske  L (1-4) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
5
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Sabathia   7.0 7 4 4 2 13
  Betancourt   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Borowski  W (4-5) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
13

  E–Gordon (12).  DP–Cleveland 1. Martinez-Peralta.  2B–Kansas City Sweeney (15,off Sabathia).  HR–Cleveland Gutierrez (12,7th inning off Peralta 1 on 1 out); Martinez (22,8th inning off Riske 0 on 0 out); Blake (16,9th inning off Riske 0 on 0 out).  SH–Pena (7,off Sabathia).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  CS–German (6,2nd base by Sabathia/Martinez); Costa (1,2nd base by Betancourt/Martinez).  SB–Sizemore (33,2nd base off Bannister/Buck).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Ed Hickox, 2B–CB Bucknor, 3B–Joe West.  T–3:03.  A–35,230.
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