Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 12, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1987 at Exhibition Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 3, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Salazar ss 5 1 1 0
Seitzer lf 3 1 2 0
Beniquez rf 4 0 1 1
Tartabull dh 3 0 1 1
White 2b 5 0 1 0
Balboni 1b 5 0 0 0
Jackson cf 4 0 0 0
Pecota 3b 4 1 4 1
Owen c 1 0 1 0
Black p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 11 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 3 1 0 0
Gruber 3b 4 0 1 0
Upshaw 1b 4 0 1 0
Bell lf 4 0 1 1
Barfield rf 4 0 2 0
Fielder dh 3 0 1 0
  Leach ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Ducey cf 2 0 0 0
Iorg 2b 3 0 0 0
DeWillis c 3 0 0 0
Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Kansas City 210 000 0003110
Toronto 000 100 000160
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Black  W (2-0) 8.0 5 1 1 2 6
  Quisenberry  SV (3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Cerutti  L (1-1) 2.1 5 3 3 2 1
  Nunez   3.1 4 0 0 1 4
  Eichhorn   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Henke   1.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
4
10

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Salazar (5,off Cerutti); Beniquez (4,off Cerutti), Toronto Gruber (4,off Black).  HR–Kansas City Pecota (2,2nd inning off Cerutti 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Owen 3 (3,off Nunez 2,off Eichhorn).  SF–Tartabull (2,off Cerutti).  WP–Black (2), Cerutti (1).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:41.  A–30,034.
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