Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
May 14, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1987 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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 3, Baltimore Orioles 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Salazar ss 4 1 1 2
Seitzer 1b 3 1 1 0
Brett 3b 4 0 2 0
Beniquez lf 4 0 1 1
Tartabull rf 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Balboni dh 4 0 0 0
Jackson cf 3 0 2 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 0 0
Owen c 2 1 2 0
  Orta ph 1 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Young dh 5 0 0 0
Dwyer rf 3 1 1 0
  Lacy rf 0 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 2 2
Murray 1b 3 1 2 0
Lynn cf 3 0 1 0
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
Kennedy c 3 1 2 1
Sheets lf 4 0 0 0
  Gerhart lf 0 0 0 0
Burleson 2b 4 0 3 0
Ballard p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 12 3
Kansas City 000 003 000391
Baltimore 200 010 01x4120
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  L (6-1) 7.0 11 4 3 4 5
  Gleaton   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
4
3
4
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ballard   5.1 5 3 3 2 4
  Schmidt  W (4-1) 2.2 4 0 0 0 1
  Dixon  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
8

  E–White (2).  DP–Kansas City 4, Baltimore 1.  2B–Kansas City Owen (2,off Ballard), Baltimore Murray (9,off Saberhagen).  HR–Kansas City Salazar (1,6th inning off Ballard 1 on, 1 out), Baltimore C Ripken (11,1st inning off Saberhagen 1 on, 1 out); Kennedy (4,8th inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Lynn (2,by Saberhagen).  CS–B Jackson (1,2nd base by Ballard/Kennedy).  IBB–Saberhagen (1,Lynn).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:38.  A–17,926.
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