Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
April 25, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 2008 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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)
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Toronto Blue Jays 4, Kansas City Royals 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 5 0 1 0
Hill 2b 4 1 1 0
Rios rf 4 1 2 0
Wells cf 4 0 0 1
Stairs dh 3 1 1 0
Rolen 3b 3 0 1 2
Overbay 1b 4 1 2 1
Stewart lf 4 0 0 0
Barajas c 3 0 0 0
  Zaun ph 1 0 0 0
Burnett p 0 0 0 0
  Downs p 0 0 0 0
  Frasor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf,lf 4 0 2 3
Callaspo 2b 4 0 1 1
Gordon 3b 5 0 1 0
Guillen lf 5 1 1 0
  Gathright cf 0 0 0 0
Teahen rf 3 1 1 0
Butler dh 4 0 1 1
  German pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Gload 1b 4 2 1 1
Buck c 4 2 2 2
Pena ss 2 1 1 0
Greinke p 0 0 0 0
  Oviedo p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 8
Toronto 000 000 130483
Kansas City 000 010 16x8110
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Burnett  L(2-2) 7.1 8 5 3 3 6
  Downs   0.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Frasor   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Greinke   7.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Oviedo  W(2-0) 1.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Soria   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–Eckstein 2 (5), V. Wells (1).  2B–Toronto Stairs (1,off Greinke); Rolen (1,off Nunez), Kansas City Gload (2,off Burnett); Buck 2 (3,off Burnett,off Downs).  HR–Toronto Overbay (1,7th inning off Greinke 0 on 1 out).  HBP–Stairs (1,by Nunez).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Pena (1,off Burnett).  IBB–Pena (1,by Downs).  Team–8.  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Bill Miller, 3B–Paul Emmel.  T–2:47.  A–22,561.
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