Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
July 16, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1997 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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 3, Oakland Athletics 11

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 4 2 1 0
  Long lf 0 0 0 0
Goodwin cf 5 0 1 2
Bell ss 3 0 1 1
  Howard ss 1 0 0 0
King 1b 4 0 0 0
  Paquette 3b 0 0 0 0
Davis dh 3 0 1 0
Damon rf 4 0 0 0
Sweeney c 3 1 1 0
Cooper 3b,1b 4 0 1 0
Halter 2b 4 0 1 0
Rosado p 0 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Mashore cf 2 2 0 0
Lennon lf 3 1 0 0
Stairs rf 4 2 2 3
McGwire 1b 3 2 2 4
  Magadan 1b 0 0 0 0
Canseco dh 5 0 0 0
Williams c 4 1 1 1
Brosius 3b 4 1 1 1
Spiezio 2b 4 0 2 1
Batista ss 2 2 0 1
Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Wengert p 0 0 0 0
  Kubinski p 0 0 0 0
  Haught p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 11 8 11
Kansas City 120 000 000370
Oakland 000 703 01x1181
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rosado  L (7-6) 3.2 5 6 6 6 4
  Perez   1.2 1 3 3 1 4
  Walker   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Carrasco   1.2 0 0 0 3 2
  Montgomery   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
11
11
10
12
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Reyes   3.0 6 3 3 3 2
  Wengert  W (4-8) 4.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Kubinski   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Haught   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
5

  E–Spiezio (5).  DP–Kansas City 1.  PB–Sweeney (3).  2B–Kansas City Bell (17,off Reyes).  HR–Oakland McGwire 2 (34,4th inning off Perez 2 on, 2 out,8th inning off Montgomery 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Long (1,by Haught); Mashore (5,by Perez); Williams (2,by Carrasco).  IBB–Davis (7,by Reyes); McGwire (8,by Carrasco).  SB–Roberts 2 (10,2nd base off Reyes/Williams 2).  WP–Reyes (2), Haught (1).  HBP–Perez (1,Mashore); Carrasco (1,Williams); Haught (1,Long).  IBB–Carrasco (1,McGwire); Reyes (1,Davis).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Ray DiMuro.  T–3:07.  A–8,791.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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