Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
April 26, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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

Baltimore Orioles 10, Kansas City Royals 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Mora ss 4 1 0 0
Matthews, Jr. cf 3 0 0 0
Segui dh 3 1 2 0
  Singleton ph,dh 2 1 2 1
Conine 1b 5 2 4 2
Gibbons rf 4 1 0 0
Batista 3b 5 1 2 4
Cordova lf 4 1 1 0
Gil c 5 1 1 1
Hairston, Jr. 2b 4 1 2 2
Douglass p 0 0 0 0
  Driskill p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Julio p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 14 10
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 3 2 0 0
  Sadler ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Tucker rf 4 2 2 2
Beltran cf 4 1 1 1
Sweeney 1b 4 0 1 1
Ibanez dh 4 0 0 0
  McCarty ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 0 2 0
Perez ss 5 0 1 0
Mayne c 4 0 1 0
Febles 2b 4 0 2 0
Reichert p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 4
Baltimore 400 000 100 510141
Kansas City 200 300 000 05112
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Douglass   3.2 3 3 3 6 2
  Driskill   2.1 5 2 2 1 0
  Ryan   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Roberts   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Groom  W (1-0) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Julio   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
10.0
11
5
5
9
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Reichert   6.0 8 5 5 3 5
  Bailey   3.0 1 0 0 0 4
  Grimsley  L (1-1) 1.0 5 5 4 2 1
Totals
10.0
14
10
9
5
10

  E–Matthews (2), Sadler (1), Tucker (1).  DP–Baltimore 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Baltimore Segui (2,off Reichert); Conine 2 (8,off Reichert,off Grimsley); Cordova (4,off Reichert), Kansas City Beltran (6,off Driskill); Sweeney (7,off Driskill); Febles (3,off Julio).  HR–Baltimore Batista (4,1st inning off Reichert 1 on, 2 out), Kansas City Tucker (1,1st inning off Douglass 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Matthews (2,off Bailey); Febles (3,off Douglass).  HBP–Mora (6,by Reichert).  IBB–Gibbons (1,by Grimsley).  CS–Cordova (1,2nd base by Reichert/Mayne); Matthews (2,2nd base by Grimsley/Mayne).  SB–Beltran (5,2nd base off Douglass/Gil); Sadler (2,2nd base off Groom/Gil).  HBP–Reichert (2,Mora).  IBB–Grimsley (1,Gibbons).  U-HP–Mark Barron, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:45.  A–12,372.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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