Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
July 20, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1987 at Royals Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 9, Kansas City Royals 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 2 2 0
Hinzo 2b 4 0 1 2
Carter 1b 4 0 1 1
Hall lf 5 1 3 1
Snyder rf 5 2 2 1
Jacoby 3b 4 1 4 0
Parsons dh 4 1 0 0
  Thornton ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Bell ss 5 1 2 1
Dempsey c 5 1 2 3
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 17 9
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 2 1
Seitzer 3b 5 0 3 1
Brett 1b 5 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 3 1 1 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Eisenreich dh 3 1 0 0
Smith lf 3 0 1 0
Salazar ss 3 2 1 1
  Balboni ph 1 0 0 0
  Biancalana ss 0 0 0 0
Owen c 2 1 1 2
  Bosley ph 1 0 0 0
  Quirk c 0 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Cleveland 020 400 2109170
Kansas City 030 200 000590
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (7-9) 5.0 8 5 5 4 0
  Jones  SV (1) 4.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  L (15-4) 3.1 10 6 6 0 2
  Farr   3.2 5 2 2 0 3
  Gleaton   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
17
9
9
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Bell (3,off Saberhagen); Butler 2 (15,off Saberhagen,off Gleaton); Jacoby (12,off Farr), Kansas City Owen (4,off Niekro); Seitzer (19,off Niekro); Tartabull (11,off Niekro).  HR–Cleveland Hall (10,2nd inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 0 out); Snyder (21,7th inning off Farr 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Hinzo (1,off Gleaton).  SF–Carter (2,off Gleaton).  SB–Wilson (28,2nd base off Jones/Dempsey).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:01.  A–35,164.
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