Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
May 4, 1992 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1992 at Cleveland Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 11, Cleveland Indians 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Miller 2b 5 2 2 3
McRae cf 4 1 1 1
Jefferies 3b 4 1 2 0
  Wilkerson ss 1 0 1 1
Joyner 1b 4 1 1 0
Brett dh 5 1 2 1
McReynolds lf 5 2 2 0
Macfarlane c 4 1 2 3
Thurman rf 5 1 2 2
Rossy ss,3b 2 1 0 0
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Meacham p 0 0 0 0
  Heaton p 0 0 0 0
  Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 15 11
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cole lf 4 1 1 1
Lewis ss 3 1 0 0
Baerga 2b 4 0 1 2
Belle dh 2 1 1 1
  Levis ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Whiten rf 3 1 0 0
Sorrento 1b 4 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 4 1 2 2
Ortiz c 3 0 0 0
Lofton cf 4 1 2 0
Otto p 0 0 0 0
  Nichols p 0 0 0 0
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 6
Kansas City 020 201 33011150
Cleveland 004 002 000681
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon   5.2 6 6 5 3 5
  Meacham  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Heaton   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Boddicker   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
5
3
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Otto   4.0 6 4 4 2 3
  Nichols  L (0-2) 2.1 3 4 3 2 0
  Bell   2.2 6 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
11
10
4
5

  E–Lewis (11).  DP–Kansas City 1, Cleveland 3.  PB–Macfarlane (3).  2B–Kansas City McReynolds (2,off Otto); Macfarlane (4,off Nichols); McRae (4,off Bell), Cleveland Belle (6,off Gordon).  HR–Kansas City Macfarlane (2,2nd inning off Otto 1 on, 2 out); Miller (2,7th inning off Nichols 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Joyner (1,by Bell); Cole (1,by Heaton).  SF–Belle (2,off Gordon).  SB–Jefferies (3,2nd base off Bell/Ortiz); Thurman (2,2nd base off Bell/Ortiz); Wilkerson (1,2nd base off Bell/Ortiz); Cole (6,3rd base off Heaton/Macfarlane).  CS–Lewis (2,2nd base by Gordon/Macfarlane).  WP–Heaton (2).  HBP–Heaton (1,Cole); Bell (1,Joyner).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:09.  A–3,930.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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