Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
September 19, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 2008 at Kauffman Stadium. The Chicago White Sox 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

Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City Royals 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cabrera ss 5 0 2 1
Wise cf,lf 5 2 2 2
Dye rf 5 1 1 0
Thome dh 5 2 2 1
Konerko 1b 3 0 0 0
  Anderson pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Pierzynski c 3 1 0 0
Ramirez 2b 3 1 1 4
Swisher lf,1b 4 1 2 0
Uribe 3b 3 1 1 0
Buehrle p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Linebrink p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus lf,cf 4 0 1 1
Aviles ss 4 0 2 0
Guillen rf 4 1 2 0
Shealy 1b 3 1 0 0
Teahen 3b 3 1 2 3
Butler dh 4 0 0 0
Callaspo 2b 4 1 1 0
Buck c 3 0 0 0
  Ka'aihue ph 1 0 0 0
Maier cf 2 0 0 0
  German ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Tejeda p 0 0 0 0
  Yabuta p 0 0 0 0
  Lowery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Chicago 000 610 1019111
Kansas City 000 300 100480
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Buehrle  W (14-11) 6.0 6 3 3 1 2
  Thornton  1 2.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Dotel  1 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Linebrink  1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
1
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (8-16) 5.0 8 7 7 2 1
  Tejeda  1.2 2.0 1 1 2 1 1
  Yabuta  1.1 0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Lowery  1 1.0 1 1 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
4
5

  E–Cabrera (14).  DP–Chicago 1. Cabrera-A. Ramirez-Konerko, Kansas City 1. Teahen-Callaspo-Shealy.  2B–Chicago Dye (40,off Bannister); Uribe (22,off Bannister), Kansas City Callaspo (7,off Thornton).  HR–Chicago A. Ramirez (19,4th inning off Bannister 3 on 2 out); Thome (33,5th inning off Bannister 0 on 1 out); Wise 2 (6,7th inning off Tejeda 0 on 0 out,9th inning off Lowery 0 on 1 out), Kansas City Teahen (15,4th inning off Buehrle 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Shealy (1,by Buehrle).  Team–4.  CS–Aviles (3,2nd base by Buehrle/Pierzynski).  U-HP–Laz Diaz, 1B–Kerwin Danley, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Paul Schrieber.  T–2:40.  A–26,049.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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