Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
August 2, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 2008 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City Royals 9

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cabrera ss 4 1 1 0
  Fields 3b 0 0 0 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 2 0 0 0
  Wise ph,cf,lf 3 0 1 0
Quentin lf 3 0 0 1
  Anderson ph,cf 2 1 1 1
Dye rf 3 1 1 1
Thome dh 4 2 2 1
Konerko 1b 3 2 1 1
Ramirez 2b,ss 4 0 1 1
Hall c 3 0 1 0
  Pierzynski ph,c 0 0 0 1
Uribe 3b,2b 4 0 1 0
Buehrle p 0 0 0 0
  Wassermann p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Aviles ss,2b 5 1 3 0
German 2b,lf 5 0 3 3
Teahen rf 2 1 0 0
Guillen dh 4 1 1 1
Butler 1b 5 2 3 2
  Pena ss 0 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 5 1 1 0
Olivo c 5 1 3 1
Gload lf,1b 4 1 3 1
Maier cf 5 1 2 1
Davies p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez H. p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez R. p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 19 9
Chicago 120 000 0407100
Kansas City 022 220 01x9190
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Buehrle  L(8-10) 4.1 14 8 8 0 1
  Wassermann   2.2 3 0 0 3 0
  Thornton   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
2
1
1
0
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Davies  W(5-2) 5.1 5 3 3 1 2
  Ramirez H.   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Mahay   0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Ramirez R.   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Soria  SV(31) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
2

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1. Uribe-A. Ramirez-Konerko, Kansas City 1. Aviles-Pena-Gload.  2B–Chicago Cabrera (20,off Davies); Thome (23,off Mahay); A. Ramirez (17,off R. Ramirez), Kansas City Aviles (19,off Buehrle); German (7,off Wassermann).  3B–Kansas City German (2,off Wassermann).  HR–Chicago Thome (21,2nd inning off Davies 0 on 0 out); Konerko (10,2nd inning off Davies 0 on 0 out); Anderson (7,8th inning off Mahay 0 on 1 out); Dye (26,8th inning off Mahay 0 on 1 out), Kansas City Butler (7,3rd inning off Buehrle 1 on 1 out); Guillen (15,4th inning off Buehrle 0 on 2 out); Olivo (10,8th inning off Thornton 0 on 1 out).  SF–Pierzynski (4,off Soria); Gload (2,off Buehrle).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Teahen (2,by Buehrle).  IBB–Teahen 2 (4,by Wassermann 2).  Team–12.  SB–A. Ramirez (8,3rd base off Soria/Olivo).  CS–German (2,2nd base by Buehrle/Hall).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Tim Timmons, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–Jim Reynolds.  T–3:01.  A–21,866.
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