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Royals
@ Indians
Jacobs Field
July 2, 1996
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Royals, played on July 2, 1996 at Jacobs Field.
Game Summary
Date | July 2, 1996 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 2, 1996 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tim Belcher |
Home Starting Pitcher | Chad Ogea |
Ballpark | Jacobs Field |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 42,283 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Drew Coble 1B: Rick Reed 2B: Larry Young 3B: Eric Cooper |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Johnny Damon | Center Fielder |
Tom Goodwin | Left Fielder |
Keith Lockhart | Second Baseman |
Mike Macfarlane | Catcher |
Michael Tucker | Right Fielder |
Craig Paquette | DH |
Jose Offerman | First Baseman |
Joe Randa | Third Baseman |
David Howard | Shortstop |
Bob Boone | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Kenny Lofton | Center Fielder |
Omar Vizquel | Shortstop |
Carlos Baerga | Second Baseman |
Albert Belle | Left Fielder |
Jim Thome | Third Baseman |
Eddie Murray | DH |
Manny Ramirez | Right Fielder |
Sandy Alomar | Catcher |
Scott Leius | First Baseman |
Mike Hargrove | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ Indians
Jacobs Field
July 2, 1996
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Ogea
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Ogea
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Lockhart vs. Ogea
There goes Goodwin. The throw from Alomar and he is out, Baerga applying the tag. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lockhart vs. Ogea
Lockhart hits a fly ball into left field. Belle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lofton vs. Belcher
Lofton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Belcher
Vizquel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Baerga vs. Belcher
Baerga hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Belle vs. Belcher
Belle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howard fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Ogea
Macfarlane hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baerga settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Ogea
Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ogea fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Paquette vs. Ogea
Paquette hits a line drive into left field. Belle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Offerman vs. Ogea
Offerman takes first base on ball four. Tucker moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Randa vs. Ogea
Randa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Belcher
Thome takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Murray vs. Belcher
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Belcher fields it and throws to first for the out. Thome moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Ramirez vs. Belcher
Ramirez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Alomar vs. Belcher
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Ogea
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Ogea
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leius scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Damon for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Ogea
Goodwin strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Leius vs. Belcher
Leius hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lofton vs. Belcher
Lofton hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Tucker. Lofton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Vizquel vs. Belcher
Vizquel strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Baerga vs. Belcher
Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards first. Offerman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baerga for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockhart vs. Ogea
Lockhart hits a line drive towards first. Leius reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Ogea
Macfarlane is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Tucker vs. Ogea
Tucker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Macfarlane moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Paquette vs. Ogea
Paquette strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Offerman vs. Ogea
Offerman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Macfarlane scores. Tucker moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Randa vs. Ogea
There goes Offerman. The throw from Alomar and he is safe. Offerman steals second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Randa vs. Ogea
Randa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Belle vs. Belcher
Belle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Belcher
Thome hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Belcher
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Ogea
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Ogea
Damon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Ogea
Goodwin strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Belcher
Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Belcher
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Leius vs. Belcher
Leius hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lockhart vs. Ogea
Lockhart hits a popup towards the mound. Ogea settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Ogea
Macfarlane hits a line drive into left field. Belle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Ogea
Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Lofton vs. Belcher
Lofton hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Vizquel vs. Belcher
Vizquel bunts towards the mound. Belcher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Baerga vs. Belcher
Baerga hits a fly ball into left field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Belle vs. Belcher
Belle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Ogea
Paquette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Offerman vs. Ogea
Offerman takes first base on ball four. Paquette moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Randa vs. Ogea
Randa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thome fields it and throws to first for the out. Paquette moves to third. Offerman moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Howard vs. Assenmacher
Paul Assenmacher now pitching.
Howard strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Damon vs. Assenmacher
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leius scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Damon for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Belcher
Thome takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Murray vs. Belcher
Murray hits a fly ball into left field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Ramirez vs. Belcher
Ramirez hits a fly ball into left field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Alomar vs. Belcher
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Assenmacher
Goodwin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockhart vs. Assenmacher
Lockhart bunts towards the mound. Assenmacher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Macfarlane vs. Shuey
Paul Shuey now pitching.
Macfarlane hits a fly ball into left field. Belle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Tucker vs. Shuey
Tucker hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Leius, and into shallow right field. Tucker reaches second base with a double. Lockhart moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Paquette vs. Shuey
Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thome fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Burnitz vs. Belcher
Jeromy Burnitz pinch hits for Scott Leius.
Burnitz is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lofton vs. Belcher
Lofton bunts towards third. Randa fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Burnitz moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vizquel vs. Belcher
Belcher spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Belcher. Burnitz moves to third. Lofton moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Vizquel vs. Belcher
Vizquel hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Burnitz tags and scores. Lofton tags and moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Baerga vs. Belcher
Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart fields it and throws to home to get Lofton. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Belle vs. Belcher
Belle strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Mesa
Jose Mesa now pitching. Alvaro Espinoza now playing first base.
Offerman hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Belle. Offerman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Randa vs. Mesa
There's a wild pitch. Offerman moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Randa vs. Mesa
Randa strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Howard vs. Mesa
Alomardrops the ball. It gets behind him. There goes Offerman. The throw to Mesa covering the plate. The slide. Offerman is out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Mesa
Howard takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Damon vs. Mesa
Damon hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Howard moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Goodwin vs. Mesa
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Howard scores. Damon moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Vitiello vs. Poole
Jim Poole now pitching. Joe Vitiello pinch hits for Keith Lockhart.
Vitiello takes first base on ball four. Damon moves to third. Goodwin moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Macfarlane vs. Poole
Kevin Young pinch runs for Joe Vitiello.
Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thome fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Belcher
Kevin Young now playing third base. Joe Randa now playing second base.
Thome hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Belcher
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards first. Offerman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murray for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Belcher
Ramirez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Alomar vs. Belcher
Alomar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ramirez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Franco vs. Pichardo
Julio Franco pinch hits for Alvaro Espinoza. Hipolito Pichardo now pitching.
Franco hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Ramirez scores. Alomar moves to second. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/2/1996 -- Kansas City at Cleveland (N) Kansas City AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Damon J, cf 5 0 1 0 Lofton K, cf 4 1 3 1 Goodwin T, lf 5 0 3 1 Vizquel O, ss 3 0 2 1 Lockhart K, 2b 4 0 0 0 Baerga C, 2b 4 0 0 0 Vitiello J, ph 0 0 0 0 Belle A, lf 4 0 0 0 Young K, pr-3b 0 0 0 0 Thome J, 3b 2 0 0 0 Macfarlane M, c 4 1 0 0 Murray E, dh 4 0 0 0 Tucker M, rf 4 0 3 0 Ramirez M, rf 4 1 1 0 Paquette C, dh 4 0 1 0 Alomar Jr. S, c 4 0 1 0 Offerman J, 1b 2 0 2 1 Leius S, 1b 2 0 0 0 Randa J, 3b-2b 4 0 0 0 Burnitz J, ph 0 1 0 0 Howard D, ss 3 1 0 0 Espinoza A, 1b 0 0 0 0 Franco J, ph 1 0 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 2 10 2 32 3 8 3 Kansas City 000 100 001 -- 2 Cleveland 000 001 011 -- 3 2 outs when winning run was scored. Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Belcher T (L) 8.2 7 3 2 2 3 Pichardo H 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Ogea C 6.1 5 1 1 2 3 Assenmacher P 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Shuey P 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 Mesa J 0.2 3 1 1 1 1 Poole J (W) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 E -- Belcher T DP -- Kansas City 1 LOB -- Kansas City 11, Cleveland 7 2B -- Lofton K, Tucker M, Offerman J HR -- Lofton K SB -- Offerman J CS -- Goodwin T SF -- Vizquel O HBP -- by Ogea C (Macfarlane M), by Belcher T (Burnitz J) WP -- Mesa J T -- 2:30 A -- 42283
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