Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
July 19, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 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 5, Kansas City Royals 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins dh 5 1 0 0
Ripken 2b 5 1 1 3
Ripken, Jr. ss 2 1 1 0
Murray 1b 4 0 2 1
Knight 3b 5 0 0 0
Lacy rf 4 1 2 1
Kennedy c 4 0 2 0
Young lf 4 0 1 0
Gerhart cf 3 1 0 0
Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 3 0
Seitzer 3b 4 0 0 0
Brett 1b 4 0 3 1
Tartabull rf 4 0 0 0
Eisenreich dh 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Quirk c 4 0 0 0
Smith lf 4 0 1 0
Salazar ss 2 0 0 0
  Balboni ph 1 0 0 0
  Biancalana ss 0 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 0 0
Black p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 8 1
Baltimore 010 040 000591
Kansas City 000 001 000180
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  W (10-2) 7.0 5 1 1 0 5
  Williamson   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Black  L (4-5) 4.2 7 5 5 1 2
  Stoddard   3.1 2 0 0 2 2
  Quisenberry   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
5
4

  E–Knight (15).  2B–Baltimore C Ripken (20,off Black); Murray (19,off Black), Kansas City Wilson 2 (10,off Schmidt 2); Brett (11,off Schmidt).  HR–Baltimore Lacy (5,2nd inning off Black 0 on, 1 out); B Ripken (1,5th inning off Black 2 on, 2 out).  SB–Young (4,3rd base off Black/Quirk); Gerhart (7,2nd base off Black/Quirk); Lacy (3,2nd base off Stoddard/Quirk); C Ripken (2,2nd base off Quisenberry/Quirk).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:51.  A–38,055.
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