Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 30, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1987 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 7, Kansas City Royals 12

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 4 2 2 1
Fletcher ss 5 1 1 0
Sierra rf 4 1 2 2
Incaviglia lf 5 0 1 0
O'Brien 1b 5 1 1 1
Parrish dh 4 0 2 2
McDowell cf 2 0 0 0
  Brower cf 1 0 0 0
Petralli c 4 1 1 0
Buechele 3b 4 1 1 1
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Meridith p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 11 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 2 2 0
Seitzer 3b 4 2 2 3
Tartabull rf 4 1 1 0
Bosley dh 3 2 3 3
  Beniquez ph,dh 2 0 1 0
White 2b 5 1 2 2
Jackson lf 5 0 1 2
Balboni 1b 5 0 2 1
Salazar ss 5 2 2 0
Quirk c 4 2 2 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 12 18 11
Texas 004 210 0007111
Kansas City 343 002 00x12180
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman  L (2-5) 1.0 4 5 5 3 2
  Russell   3.1 9 5 3 1 2
  Meridith   1.1 2 2 2 1 2
  Harris   1.1 3 0 0 0 3
  Mohorcic   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
18
12
10
5
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  W (9-1) 5.0 10 7 7 2 6
  Farr  SV (1) 4.0 1 0 0 3 7
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
5
13

  E–Buechele (3).  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Texas Petralli (4,off Saberhagen); Browne (6,off Saberhagen), Kansas City B Jackson (7,off Russell); Tartabull (3,off Russell); Quirk (4,off Meridith).  HBP–Wilson (4,by Mohorcic).  SB–Incaviglia (6,2nd base off Saberhagen/Quirk); McDowell (6,2nd base off Saberhagen/Quirk); Sierra (4,2nd base off Farr/Quirk); Browne (7,2nd base off Farr/Quirk).  WP–Saberhagen 2 (3).  HBP–Mohorcic (2,Wilson).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:22.  A–38,513.
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