Kansas City Royals vs Arizona Diamondbacks
June 15, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 2008 at Chase Field. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 8, Arizona Diamondbacks 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf,lf 5 2 3 5
Aviles ss,2b 5 0 1 0
Gordon 3b 3 1 0 0
Guillen lf 5 1 2 1
  Gathright cf 0 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 5 1 3 0
  Pena pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Teahen rf 5 0 2 0
Buck c 3 1 1 0
Gload 1b 4 1 1 0
Meche p 4 1 1 1
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  German ph 1 0 0 0
  Fulchino p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 14 7
Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Drew ss 4 0 0 0
Upton rf 4 0 0 0
Hudson 2b 4 0 0 0
Jackson 1b 4 0 2 0
Reynolds 3b 3 2 1 0
Young cf 4 1 0 1
Salazar lf 3 0 1 1
  Slaten p 0 0 0 0
Snyder c 3 0 0 0
Owings p 2 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Rosales p 0 0 0 0
  Romero lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 3 5 2
Kansas City 100 501 0108141
Arizona 000 020 100350
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Meche  W (4-8) 7.1 4 3 3 1 10
  Ramirez  0.2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Fulchino  1 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.1
5
3
3
1
12
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Owings  L (6-5) 5.1 8 7 7 2 4
  Cruz  0.2 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Rosales  1.2 4.0 1 1 2 2 0
  Slaten  1.1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.1
14
8
8
4
7

  E–Gordon (7).  DP–Arizona 1. Hudson-Drew.  PB–Snyder (4).  2B–Kansas City Guillen (25,off Owings); DeJesus (8,off Cruz); Teahen (10,off Rosales); Buck (11,off Slaten), Arizona Salazar (4,off Meche).  3B–Arizona Reynolds (2,off Meche).  HR–Kansas City DeJesus (7,4th inning off Owings 3 on 2 out).  HBP–Buck (3,by Owings).  IBB–Gload (3,by Rosales).  Team LOB–10.  Team–3.  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Lance Barksdale, 3B–Doug Eddings.  T–2:53.  A–39,125.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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