Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
May 2, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1987 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 4, Kansas City Royals 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 4 1 1 1
Franco ss 3 1 2 1
Carter 1b 4 0 2 0
Hall lf 4 1 1 0
  Bando c 0 0 0 0
Tabler dh 4 1 1 0
Snyder rf 4 0 1 1
Jacoby 3b 4 0 1 0
Butler cf 4 0 1 1
Dempsey c 2 0 0 0
  Frobel ph 1 0 0 0
  Nixon lf 0 0 0 0
Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Camacho p 0 0 0 0
  Yett p 0 0 0 0
  Carlton p 0 0 0 0
  Wills p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 2 0
Seitzer 3b 2 1 1 0
Beniquez 1b 4 0 1 1
White 2b 2 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 3 1 1 1
  Bosley ph,rf 0 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 1 1 1
  Orta ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Balboni ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Jackson lf 3 1 1 2
Salazar ss 4 0 0 0
Owen c 3 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 7 5
Cleveland 020 000 0204100
Kansas City 010 200 02x570
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bailes   5.1 4 3 3 3 2
  Camacho   1.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Yett  L (1-1) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Carlton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Wills   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
5
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  W (5-0) 8.0 10 4 4 1 6
  Quisenberry  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1, Kansas City 2.  HR–Cleveland Bernazard (3,8th inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 1 out); Franco (3,8th inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City Tartabull (2,2nd inning off Bailes 0 on, 0 out); McRae (1,4th inning off Bailes 0 on, 2 out); B Jackson (5,4th inning off Bailes 0 on, 2 out).  SH–White (1,off Yett).  IBB–Bosley (1,by Yett).  SB–Carter (5,2nd base off Saberhagen/Owen).  CS–Franco (2,2nd base by Saberhagen/Owen).  IBB–Yett (1,Bosley).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:29.  A–29,548.
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