Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners
June 6, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 1987 at Kingdome. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 5, Seattle Mariners 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 1 0
Seitzer 3b 4 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 4 0 0 0
Orta dh 3 1 0 0
White 2b 4 1 1 0
Bosley lf 4 2 3 0
  Jackson pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 4 1 2 5
Salazar ss 4 0 1 0
Quirk c 4 0 1 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Brantley dh 4 0 1 0
Bradley lf 3 1 1 1
Christensen rf 4 0 1 0
Presley 3b 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Valle c 3 0 1 0
Ramos ss 4 0 1 0
Moses cf 4 0 0 0
Reynolds 2b 3 1 1 0
Bankhead p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 1
Kansas City 000 023 000591
Seattle 001 001 000260
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  W (7-4) 8.2 6 2 1 2 4
  Quisenberry  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
2
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bankhead  L (6-4) 6.0 7 5 5 1 5
  Reed   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Nunez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
1
6

  E–Quirk (1).  2B–Kansas City Bosley (4,off Bankhead); Balboni (6,off Bankhead), Seattle Christensen (2,off Leibrandt); Valle (7,off Leibrandt).  HR–Kansas City Balboni (9,5th inning off Bankhead 1 on, 2 out), Seattle P Bradley (3,6th inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Wilson (14,2nd base off Reed/Valle); Reynolds (19,3rd base off Leibrandt/Quirk).  BK–Leibrandt (1).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:52.  A–25,083.
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