Kansas City Royals vs Chicago Cubs
June 30, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1997 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Kansas City Royals 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 7, Chicago Cubs 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 4 1 1 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
  Bones p 0 0 0 0
  Casian p 0 0 0 0
Goodwin cf 4 1 1 1
Bell ss 4 1 1 0
King 1b 4 2 2 3
Damon lf 4 0 1 1
Dye rf 5 1 4 2
Paquette 3b 4 0 1 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 1 0 0 0
Belcher p 3 0 0 0
  Howard ph,2b 0 1 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Glanville lf 5 0 3 1
McRae cf 5 1 2 0
Grace 1b 4 2 2 1
Sosa rf 4 0 3 1
Hansen 3b 4 1 1 0
  Orie 3b 0 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Servais c 4 1 2 1
Sanchez ss 4 1 2 0
Trachsel p 2 0 0 0
  Tatis p 0 0 0 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 1 1 0
  Pisciotta p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 1 1 3
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 17 7
Kansas City 011 010 3107111
Chicago 101 000 15x8170
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher   7.0 10 3 3 1 7
  Pichardo   0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  Bones  L (0-1) 0.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Casian   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
17
8
8
1
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel   6.0 8 3 3 5 6
  Tatis   0.2 2 3 3 1 1
  Bottenfield   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Pisciotta  W (1-0) 1.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Patterson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rojas  SV (6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
8
9

  E–Dye (3).  DP–Kansas City 3, Chicago 1.  2B–Kansas City Dye (6,off Trachsel); Damon (7,off Trachsel); Paquette (13,off Trachsel), Chicago Hernandez (3,off Belcher); Hansen (4,off Pichardo).  3B–Chicago Glanville (4,off Belcher).  HR–Kansas City King (15,7th inning off Tatis 1 on, 1 out); Dye (2,7th inning off Tatis 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Grace (8,3rd inning off Belcher 0 on, 2 out); D Clark (2,8th inning off Bones 2 on, 2 out).  SF–King (5,off Trachsel).  IBB–Macfarlane (1,by Trachsel).  SB–Goodwin (31,2nd base off Pisciotta/Servais).  CS–Paquette (2,Home by Trachsel/Servais); Grace (4,3rd base by Belcher/Macfarlane).  BK–Pichardo (1).  IBB–Trachsel (4,Macfarlane).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–3:18.  A–18,724.
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