Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 4, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 2012 at Rogers Centre. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Kansas City Royals 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

Kansas City Royals 1, Toronto Blue Jays 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Gordon lf 4 0 0 0
Escobar ss 4 0 2 0
Hosmer 1b 4 0 0 0
Butler dh 3 0 0 0
Betancourt 2b 4 0 0 0
Moustakas 3b 4 1 2 0
Francoeur rf 3 0 2 1
Perez c 3 0 1 0
Dyson cf 2 0 0 0
  Bourgeois ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Herrera p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Lawrie 3b 5 0 2 0
Rasmus cf 4 1 1 0
Bautista rf 4 0 2 0
Encarnacion 1b 4 1 2 0
Lind dh 3 1 1 0
Escobar ss 3 0 1 2
Davis lf 3 1 1 1
Johnson 2b 3 0 1 1
Arencibia c 4 0 1 0
Villanueva p 0 0 0 0
  Frasor p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Janssen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 12 4
Kansas City 000 000 100170
Toronto 012 000 10x4121
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Mendoza  L(3-5) 6.0 9 3 3 1 9
  Herrera   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Coleman   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
1
0
0
0
3
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Villanueva  W(3-0) 6.0 4 0 0 0 7
  Frasor   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Oliver   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Janssen  SV(11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–Rasmus (5).  DP–Toronto 2. Escobar-Johnson-Encarnacion, Johnson-Escobar-Encarnacion.  2B–Kansas City Moustakas (20,off Villanueva), Toronto Lind (7,off Mendoza).  3B–Kansas City Francoeur (3,off Frasor), Toronto Davis (3,off Mendoza).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Johnson (4,off Mendoza); Escobar (3,off Mendoza); Davis (2,off Mendoza).  Team–10.  U-HP–Chris Conroy, 1B–Ed Hickox, 2B–Mark Carlson, 3B–Angel Hernandez.  T–2:45.  A–17,831.
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