Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
April 29, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1987 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, Kansas City Royals 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins dh 3 1 1 0
Burleson 2b 5 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 2 3 2
Murray 1b 5 1 2 1
Simmons rf 5 0 2 0
  Shelby rf 0 0 0 0
Lynn cf 5 0 3 0
Kennedy c 4 0 2 1
Rayford 3b 5 0 0 0
Gerhart lf 4 0 1 0
Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 15 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 3 1 1
Seitzer 3b 5 1 3 1
White 2b 3 0 1 1
McRae dh 3 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 4 0 3 0
Jackson lf 3 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 3 0 0 0
  Orta ph 1 0 0 0
Salazar ss 3 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 1 0
Owen c 3 0 1 0
  Beniquez ph 1 1 1 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 3
Baltimore 200 000 0024152
Kansas City 102 000 0025111
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Bell   2.1 4 3 2 3 0
  Dixon   5.1 4 0 0 1 3
  Schmidt  L (2-1) 1.0 3 2 1 0 0
Totals
8.2
11
5
3
4
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   6.0 9 2 2 3 5
  Black   2.0 4 2 2 0 2
  Quisenberry  W (1-0) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
4
4
3
7

  E–Burleson (1), Rayford (2), Balboni (1).  DP–Baltimore 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Baltimore Murray (5,off Leibrandt); Lynn (5,off Leibrandt); C Ripken (6,off Leibrandt); Kennedy (3,off Leibrandt), Kansas City White (2,off Bell).  3B–Baltimore C Ripken (1,off Black), Kansas City Seitzer (5,off Bell); Wilson (2,off Schmidt).  HR–Baltimore C Ripken (6,1st inning off Leibrandt 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Wiggins (5,2nd base off Leibrandt/Owen); Wilson (6,2nd base off Bell/Kennedy).  WP–Black (1).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:06.  A–21,593.
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