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Kansas City Royals @ Cincinnati Reds

1998-06-23 · Day game · Cinergy Field · Att: 18063 · 73°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 6 mph to CF · 2:21

Kansas City Royals defeated Cincinnati Reds 6–4. Kansas City Royals put up 4 in the 4th. Pat Rapp earned the win and Scott Service picked up the save. Johnny Damon went 2-for-5 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	11
CIN	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	10

W: Pat Rapp L: Scott Klingenbeck SV: Scott Service

Umpires — HP: Eric Gregg · 1B: Bruce Froemming · 2B: Larry Vanover · 3B: Mark Hirschbeck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	5	2	2	4	0	0
Jose Offerman	5	1	1	0	0	1
Hal Morris	5	0	4	1	0	0
Jeff King	5	0	0	0	0	1
Larry Sutton	5	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Conine	4	1	1	1	0	1
Luis Rivera	3	1	1	0	1	0
Sal Fasano	2	1	2	0	1	0
Pat Rapp	2	0	0	0	0	1
Shane Halter	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lenny Harris	4	0	0	0	1	1
Mike Frank	5	1	1	0	0	1
Barry Larkin	5	2	3	1	0	1
Willie Greene	4	1	1	2	1	0
Bret Boone	4	0	1	0	0	2
Dmitri Young	4	0	0	1	0	1
Sean Casey	4	0	1	0	0	0
Brook Fordyce	4	0	3	0	0	1
Scott Klingenbeck	1	0	0	0	0	1
Melvin Nieves	0	0	0	0	1	0
Chris Stynes	1	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Sanders	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pat Rapp	6.0	8	3	6
Scott Service	3.0	2	0	2

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Scott Klingenbeck	4.0	9	1	3
Steve Parris	2.0	2	1	0
Scott Sullivan	1.1	0	0	1
Gabe White	0.2	0	0	1
Danny Graves	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Damon: 43/G4
Jose Offerman: 63/G6M
Hal Morris: S7/L7M
Jeff King: 9/F9LS

Bot 1

Lenny Harris: 9/F89D
Mike Frank: S6/G56
Barry Larkin: T8/F78S.1-H
Willie Greene: 63/G6.3-H
Bret Boone: 63/G56

Top 2

Larry Sutton: K
Jeff Conine: HR/F7LD
Luis Rivera: 8/F8LM
Sal Fasano: S7/L7M
Pat Rapp: K

Bot 2

Dmitri Young: 63/G6
Sean Casey: 63/G6
Brook Fordyce: S7/L78M
Scott Klingenbeck: K

Top 3

Johnny Damon: HR/F9LD
Jose Offerman: 53/G5L
Hal Morris: D7/L78XD
Jeff King: K
Larry Sutton: 3/L34

Bot 3

Lenny Harris: W
Mike Frank: K
Barry Larkin: 7/F78D
Willie Greene: SB2
Willie Greene: W
Bret Boone: K

Top 4

Jeff Conine: 8/F89S
Luis Rivera: W
Sal Fasano: S1/G15.1-2
Pat Rapp: 14/SH/BG56S.2-3;1-2
Johnny Damon: HR/L89XD.3-H;2-H
Jose Offerman: T9/L9LD
Hal Morris: S8/G4M.3-H
Jeff King: 7/L7M

Bot 4

Dmitri Young: K
Sean Casey: 63/G6
Brook Fordyce: S8/L89M
Melvin Nieves: W.1-2
Lenny Harris: 43/G4

Top 5

Larry Sutton: 8/F8RXD
Jeff Conine: 43/G4M
Luis Rivera: S8/L89M
Sal Fasano: SB2
Sal Fasano: IW
Pat Rapp: 53/G5S

Bot 5

Mike Frank: 8/F8LD
Barry Larkin: T8/L89XD
Willie Greene: D7/L7LD.3-H
Bret Boone: K
Dmitri Young: 31/G34

Top 6

Johnny Damon: 43/G4
Jose Offerman: 7/L7S
Hal Morris: S4/G4M
Jeff King: 9/L9D

Bot 6

Sean Casey: S9/G34
Brook Fordyce: WP.1-2
Brook Fordyce: S7/L7M.2-3
Chris Stynes: FC3/G3.1-2;3XH(32)
Lenny Harris: K+WP.2-3;1-2
Mike Frank: 63/G6

Top 7

Larry Sutton: 43/G4
Jeff Conine: K
Luis Rivera: 43/G4

Bot 7

Barry Larkin: S8/G6M
Willie Greene: 46(1)/FO/G4
Bret Boone: D8/L78XD.1-3
Dmitri Young: 43/G4.3-H;2-3
Sean Casey: 31/G3

Top 8

Sal Fasano: HP
Shane Halter: 3/SH/BG34S.1-2
Johnny Damon: 8/F8RD
Jose Offerman: K

Bot 8

Brook Fordyce: K
Reggie Sanders: 7/F78M
Lenny Harris: 9/F9M

Top 9

Hal Morris: 13/G15
Jeff King: 63/G6
Larry Sutton: 63/G4M

Bot 9

Mike Frank: 8/F78D
Barry Larkin: K
Willie Greene: 8/F8LXD