Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 18, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 2008 at Busch Stadium III. The Kansas City Royals defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 3 1 1 1
Aviles ss 4 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 4 2 2 1
Guillen lf 4 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 1 0
Teahen rf 4 0 2 0
Buck c 3 0 1 1
Gload 1b 4 0 0 0
Bannister p 2 0 0 0
  Gathright ph 1 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schumaker lf 4 1 2 0
Miles ss,2b 4 0 2 0
Ludwick rf 3 0 1 1
Ankiel cf 4 1 1 0
Glaus 3b 4 0 0 0
Duncan 1b 4 0 2 0
LaRue c 4 0 2 1
Looper p 2 0 0 0
  Izturis ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 3 0 1 0
  McClellan p 0 0 0 0
  Franklin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 11 2
Kansas City 000 000 120371
St. Louis 100 100 0002110
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  W(6-6) 7.0 9 2 2 0 1
  Ramirez   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Mahay   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Soria  SV(17) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Looper   7.0 5 1 1 0 0
  McClellan  L(0-2) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Franklin   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
1

  E–Bannister (1).  DP–Kansas City 3. Buck, Aviles-Gload, Guillen-Gordon, St. Louis 1. Miles-Kennedy-Duncan.  2B–Kansas City Gordon (18,off Looper), St. Louis Ludwick (21,off Bannister).  HR–Kansas City DeJesus (8,8th inning off McClellan 0 on 1 out); Gordon (8,8th inning off McClellan 0 on 2 out).  HBP–DeJesus (3,by Looper).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Ludwick (4,off Bannister).  Team–6.  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Dan Iassogna.  T–2:28.  A–43,810.
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