Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
July 24, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 1987 at Memorial 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 1, Baltimore Orioles 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 3 1 2 0
Brett 1b 4 0 2 0
Tartabull rf 4 0 1 1
White 2b 3 0 1 0
Smith dh 3 0 0 0
  Bosley ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Jackson lf 3 0 0 0
  Eisenreich ph 1 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 0 0
Salazar ss 3 0 1 0
  Balboni ph 1 0 0 0
Black p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Washington dh 3 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph,dh 0 1 0 0
Ripken 2b 4 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 0 1
Murray 1b 2 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
Young lf 3 0 1 0
Sheets rf 3 0 1 0
  Wiggins pr 0 1 0 0
  Lacy rf 0 0 0 0
Rayford c 2 0 1 0
  Kennedy ph,c 0 0 0 0
Gerhart cf 3 1 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 5 1
Kansas City 100 000 000172
Baltimore 000 000 03x350
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Black   7.0 5 1 0 1 5
  Farr  L (3-3) 0.0 0 2 0 1 0
  Davis   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
0
4
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan   7.2 7 1 1 2 5
  Niedenfuer  W (2-2) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
6

  E–B Jackson (6), Farr (2).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Seitzer (20,off Flanagan).  SF–C Ripken (5,off Davis).  IBB–Dwyer (2,by Davis); Murray (3,by Davis).  CS–Gerhart (2,2nd base by Black/Macfarlane).  WP–Black (4).  IBB–Davis 2 (2,Dwyer,Murray).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:38.  A–41,687.
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