Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
April 21, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1987 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 0, Boston Red Sox 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 2 0
Tartabull rf 3 0 1 0
Bosley dh 4 0 0 0
Jackson lf 3 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 3 0 0 0
Quirk c 3 0 0 0
Salazar ss 3 0 0 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Gumpert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 1 0 0
Romero 2b 5 2 2 0
Buckner 1b 5 1 3 4
  Dodson 1b 0 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 2 3 0
Baylor dh 3 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 1 3 4
Henderson cf 4 0 2 0
Sullivan c 4 0 0 0
Hoffman ss 4 1 2 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 15 8
Kansas City 000 000 000030
Boston 014 200 10x8150
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  L (0-1) 2.0 4 5 5 3 1
  Farr   3.0 6 2 2 0 3
  Gumpert   3.0 5 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
8
8
3
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (1-2) 9.0 3 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Boston Rice (4,off Anderson); Evans (5,off Anderson); Romero 2 (2,off Anderson,off Farr).  HR–Boston Evans (2,7th inning off Gumpert 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Wilson (2,by Clemens); Baylor (2,by Farr).  SB–Wilson (4,2nd base off Clemens/Sullivan).  HBP–Farr (1,Baylor); Clemens (2,Wilson).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:54.  A–29,082.
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