Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
September 20, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 2012 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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Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
De Aza lf 5 1 1 0
Wise cf 4 0 0 1
Dunn 1b 4 0 1 0
Rios rf 4 0 1 0
Pierzynski c 4 0 2 1
Youkilis 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnson dh 3 1 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 1 2 0
Beckham 2b 2 0 1 0
Liriano p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Veal p 0 0 0 0
  Crain p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Bourgeois cf 3 0 0 0
  Lough ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Escobar ss 4 0 0 0
Gordon lf 4 1 1 0
Butler dh 4 0 2 1
  Dyson pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Perez c 4 0 0 0
Moustakas 3b 4 1 1 0
Francoeur rf 2 1 0 0
Hosmer 1b 4 0 1 1
Giavotella 2b 3 0 2 2
Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Bueno p 0 0 0 0
  Crow p 0 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Chicago 120 000 000390
Kansas City 000 021 001471
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Liriano   5.1 4 3 3 1 3
  Jones   2.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Veal   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Crain  L(2-3) 0.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Thornton   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
1
0
0
0
0
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Guthrie   6.0 8 3 1 1 4
  Bueno   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Crow   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Holland  W(7-4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0

  E–Guthrie (2).  2B–Chicago Rios (36,off Guthrie), Kansas City Butler (27,off Jones).  3B–Kansas City Giavotella (1,off Liriano).  SH–Beckham (8,off Guthrie).  HBP–Beckham (7,by Guthrie).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Francoeur (9,by Crain).  Team–5.  SB–Dyson (27,2nd base off Crain/Pierzynski).  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Tim Timmons.  T–2:41.  A–14,710.
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