Kansas City Royals vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 20, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 2004 at Citizens Bank Park. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 2, Philadelphia Phillies 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Graffanino 2b 3 0 0 0
Beltran cf 4 0 1 0
Sweeney 1b 4 0 1 0
Harvey lf 4 0 1 0
Stairs rf 4 1 1 1
Berroa ss 4 1 2 0
Relaford 3b 3 0 1 1
Tonis c 3 0 0 0
Reyes p 1 0 0 0
  Anderson p 1 0 0 0
  Field p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Seanez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rollins ss 5 1 1 3
Polanco 2b 5 2 2 0
Abreu rf 3 1 2 0
Thome 1b 3 2 3 5
Burrell lf 3 0 0 0
Bell 3b 5 0 1 0
Michaels cf 2 1 0 0
Pratt c 3 1 1 0
Powell p 2 0 0 0
  Ledee ph 1 0 0 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 10 8
Kansas City 010 000 100270
Philadelphia 232 001 00x8100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Reyes  L (2-2) 2.1 6 7 7 3 1
  Anderson   3.0 4 1 1 3 2
  Field   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Seanez   2.0 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
8
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Powell  W (1-1) 7.0 6 2 2 1 3
  Cormier   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
3

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1.  PB–Tonis (1).  2B–Kansas City Relaford (6,off Powell); Beltran (18,off Cormier), Philadelphia Bell (16,off Reyes); Thome (16,off Anderson); Pratt (3,off Anderson).  3B–Kansas City Berroa (4,off Powell).  HR–Kansas City Stairs (10,2nd inning off Powell 0 on, 0 out), Philadelphia Thome 2 (23,1st inning off Reyes 1 on, 2 out,3rd inning off Reyes 1 on, 0 out); Rollins (3,2nd inning off Reyes 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Relaford (2,off Powell); Thome (1,off Anderson).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Powell (1,off Reyes).  IBB–Burrell (5,by Anderson).  Team–10.  SB–Polanco (2,2nd base off Reyes/Tonis).  IBB–Anderson (4,Burrell).  U-HP–Matt Hollowell, 1B–Tim Timmons, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–2:41.  A–44,411.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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