Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
April 12, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 2000 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 6, Kansas City Royals 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 0 1 0
DeShields 2b 4 0 1 0
Surhoff lf 4 1 0 0
Belle rf 4 0 0 0
Baines dh 5 1 1 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 3 1 1 1
Clark 1b 3 1 0 0
Johnson c 4 2 2 2
Bordick ss 4 0 2 3
Rapp p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon dh 3 0 0 1
Febles 2b 4 0 1 0
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
Dye rf 3 1 1 1
Sweeney 1b 3 1 1 0
Randa 3b 4 1 1 0
Zaun c 3 2 1 0
Pose lf 1 0 0 0
  Quinn ph,lf 1 1 1 1
Sanchez ss 3 1 2 4
Suzuki p 0 0 0 0
  Spradlin p 0 0 0 0
  Santiago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 8 7
Baltimore 000 302 100680
Kansas City 000 000 403781
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Rapp   6.0 5 3 3 2 3
  Groom   1.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Trombley  L (0-1) 0.2 2 3 3 1 2
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
5
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suzuki   5.1 5 5 2 3 4
  Spradlin   1.2 3 1 1 2 2
  Santiago  W (2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
3
5
7

  E–Sweeney (2).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore C Johnson 2 (2,off Suzuki 2); Bordick (2,off Spradlin), Kansas City Sweeney (3,off Rapp); Quinn (5,off Trombley).  HR–Kansas City Dye (4,7th inning off Rapp 0 on, 0 out); Sanchez (1,9th inning off Trombley 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Clark (1,by Suzuki).  SF–Sanchez (1,off Groom); Damon (2,off Groom).  SB–DeShields 2 (6,2nd base off Suzuki/Zaun 2); Bordick (1,2nd base off Suzuki/Zaun); Anderson (1,2nd base off Spradlin/Zaun); Febles (3,2nd base off Rapp/C Johnson).  CS–Bordick (2,3rd base by Spradlin/Zaun).  WP–Rapp (1), Trombley (1).  HBP–Suzuki (1,Clark).  U-HP–C.B. Bucknor, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Hunter Wendelstedt.  T–3:01.  A–15,228.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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