Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
August 25, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 2009 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 2, Kansas City Royals 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cabrera ss 4 0 2 1
Carroll rf 4 0 0 0
Choo cf 3 0 0 0
Peralta 3b 3 0 0 0
Hafner dh 4 0 0 0
Valbuena 2b 4 0 1 0
Shoppach c 3 0 0 0
LaPorta lf 3 1 1 0
Marte 1b 3 1 1 1
Masterson p 0 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus lf 4 2 2 0
Maier rf 3 2 2 2
Butler 1b 4 0 0 1
Jacobs dh 3 0 2 2
Callaspo 2b 4 0 0 0
Teahen 3b 3 0 0 0
Olivo c 4 1 1 1
Anderson cf 3 0 1 0
Betancourt ss 3 1 1 0
Greinke p 0 0 0 0
  Tejeda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
Cleveland 000 001 010251
Kansas City 102 100 20x690
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Masterson  L(4-5) 6.0 7 4 4 2 4
  Perez   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Lewis   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
3
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Greinke  W(12-8) 8.0 5 2 2 1 15
  Tejeda   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
16

  E–Cabrera (8).  DP–Cleveland 2. Peralta-Valbuena-Marte, Marte-Cabrera-Marte.  2B–Cleveland LaPorta (5,off Greinke); Cabrera (32,off Greinke).  HR–Cleveland Marte (1,6th inning off Greinke 0 on 0 out), Kansas City Olivo (17,4th inning off Masterson 0 on 1 out); Maier (1,7th inning off R. Perez 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–4.  SB–Maier (7,2nd base off Masterson/Shoppach).  U-HP–Adrian Johnson, 1B–Damien Beal, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–2:31.  A–17,353.
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