Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
July 17, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1987 at Royals 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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Baltimore Orioles 3, Kansas City Royals 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins dh 4 0 1 1
Ripken 2b 5 1 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 1 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 1 1
Lynn cf 4 0 2 0
Knight 3b 2 0 1 1
Kennedy c 4 1 1 0
Sheets rf 4 0 0 0
Young lf 4 0 0 0
Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Smith dh 4 0 0 1
Seitzer 3b 4 0 1 0
Brett 1b 4 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 4 0 1 0
White 2b 3 0 1 0
Jackson lf 4 0 2 0
Salazar ss 3 0 0 0
Owen c 2 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
  Quirk c 0 0 0 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Baltimore 001 000 020–370
Kansas City 001 000 000–161
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  W (7-7) 8.2 6 1 1 0 9
  Niedenfuer  SV (4) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
10
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza  L (7-9) 7.0 4 3 2 4 5
  Gleaton   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Quisenberry   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
4
7
  E–Seitzer (13).  2B–Baltimore Lynn 2 (16,off Gubicza 2).  3B–Kansas City Wilson (10,off Bell).  SB–B Ripken (1,2nd base off Gubicza/Owen).  CS–Wiggins (7,2nd base by Quisenberry/Quirk).  WP–Gubicza (7).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:41.  A–38,059.
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