Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
July 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 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 11, Kansas City Royals 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins lf 4 2 1 1
Ripken 2b 6 2 3 2
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 2 3 1
Murray 1b 5 2 1 1
Knight dh 5 0 4 4
Lacy rf 4 0 2 1
Washington 3b 4 1 1 0
Rayford c 5 1 2 0
Gerhart cf 5 1 1 1
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 11 18 11
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 1 0
Smith dh 5 1 1 0
Seitzer 3b 5 1 2 3
Brett 1b 5 1 2 1
Tartabull rf 3 2 2 0
White 2b 4 0 2 1
Jackson B. lf 4 0 0 0
Biancalana ss 4 0 1 0
Owen c 3 1 2 1
Jackson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 13 6
Baltimore 000 317 00011181
Kansas City 010 101 2027130
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (1-5) 5.0 9 3 3 1 4
  Corbett   4.0 4 4 4 1 5
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
2
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (4-11) 5.0 8 6 6 3 1
  Stoddard   0.0 4 4 4 0 0
  Farr   4.0 6 1 1 3 1
Totals
9.0
18
11
11
6
2

  E–Wiggins (4).  DP–Baltimore 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Baltimore C Ripken (19,off D Jackson); Knight 2 (16,off D Jackson,off Farr); Washington (2,off D Jackson), Kansas City Tartabull (10,off Flanagan).  3B–Baltimore Murray (3,off D Jackson).  HR–Kansas City Seitzer (6,9th inning off Corbett 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Washington (1,off D Jackson).  WP–Corbett (2).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:06.  A–38,944.
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