Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
April 26, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Toronto Blue Jays 1, Kansas City Royals 2

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 5 0 3 0
Hill 2b 5 0 0 0
Rios rf 4 0 1 1
Wells cf 4 0 0 0
Stairs dh 4 0 2 0
  McDonald pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Rolen 3b 3 0 1 0
Overbay 1b 2 0 0 0
Lind lf 4 0 0 0
Zaun c 3 1 1 0
Marcum p 0 0 0 0
  Carlson p 0 0 0 0
  Accardo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 4 0 0 0
Callaspo 2b 3 0 1 0
  German pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 2 0 0 0
Guillen lf 4 1 1 1
Teahen rf 4 1 1 0
Butler dh 3 0 0 0
Gload 1b 3 0 1 1
Buck c 3 0 0 0
Pena ss 3 0 1 0
Hochevar p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Oviedo p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 2
Toronto 000 010 000180
Kansas City 000 101 00x251
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Marcum  L(2-2) 7.0 4 2 2 3 4
  Carlson   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Accardo   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hochevar  W(1-1) 6.0 6 1 1 2 3
  Mahay   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Oviedo   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Ramirez   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Soria  SV(6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0

  E–Pena (2).  DP–Kansas City 2. Gordon-Callaspo-Gload, Callaspo-Pena-Gload.  2B–Toronto Rolen (2,off Hochevar); Zaun (4,off Hochevar), Kansas City Teahen (6,off Marcum).  3B–Kansas City Pena (1,off Marcum).  HR–Kansas City Guillen (2,6th inning off Marcum 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–11.  Team–6.  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Bill Miller, 2B–Paul Emmel, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:51.  A–24,078.
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