Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
July 12, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 2008 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Seattle Mariners 4, Kansas City Royals 5

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Suzuki rf 3 1 2 0
Lopez 2b 4 0 1 0
Ibanez lf 4 1 1 2
Vidro 1b 4 1 1 0
  Cairo 1b 0 0 0 0
Beltre 3b 4 1 1 0
Reed cf 4 0 2 2
Johjima c 4 0 0 0
Hulett dh 3 0 1 0
  Bloomquist ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Betancourt ss 4 0 1 0
Washburn p 0 0 0 0
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Morrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 5 2 2 2
Aviles ss 3 0 1 0
Teahen rf 4 1 0 1
Guillen dh 4 0 1 0
Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 2 1
Gordon 3b 4 0 1 1
Buck c 4 0 1 0
Gload 1b 4 0 0 0
German lf 3 1 1 0
  Butler ph 0 0 0 0
  Gathright pr 0 1 0 0
Meche p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Seattle 000 004 0004101
Kansas City 210 000 002590
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn  6 7.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Green  1.2 1.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Rhodes  0.1 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Morrow  L (1-2) 0.2 1 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.2
9
5
3
2
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Meche  6.2 10.0 4 4 1 1 1
  Ramirez  W (1-0) 2.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.1
10
4
4
1
1

  E–Vidro (1).  DP–Seattle 1. Beltre-Lopez-Vidro, Kansas City 1. Teahen-Gload.  2B–Seattle Reed (5,off Meche).  HR–Seattle Ibanez (11,6th inning off Meche 1 on 1 out), Kansas City DeJesus (10,9th inning off Morrow 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–6.  U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Todd Tichenor, 3B–Paul Emmel.  T–2:31.  A–23,792.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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