Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
July 25, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 25, 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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Kansas City Royals 3, Baltimore Orioles 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
Seitzer 3b 5 0 2 0
Brett 1b 4 0 0 0
Eisenreich dh 5 0 1 0
Tartabull rf 5 1 1 0
White 2b 4 1 2 0
Jackson lf 4 1 3 0
Macfarlane c 3 0 2 2
Salazar ss 3 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 0 0 0 1
  Pecota ss 0 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 12 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins dh 4 1 1 1
Ripken 2b 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 2 1
Murray 1b 4 1 1 1
Kennedy c 4 0 2 0
Young lf 3 1 0 0
Sheets rf 3 0 1 0
Gerhart cf 2 0 0 1
Washington 3b 3 1 1 0
Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
Kansas City 000 200 0103121
Baltimore 010 020 01x480
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  L (15-5) 8.0 8 4 4 1 5
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
1
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt   6.2 9 2 2 3 5
  Williamson  W (5-6) 1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Niedenfuer  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
3
7

  E–Saberhagen (2).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Kansas City White (16,off Schmidt).  3B–Kansas City B Jackson (2,off Schmidt), Baltimore Washington (1,off Saberhagen).  HR–Baltimore Murray (22,8th inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Bosley (1,off Williamson); Gerhart (2,off Saberhagen).  SB–Wilson (30,2nd base off Schmidt/Kennedy); Seitzer (7,2nd base off Schmidt/Kennedy).  CS–C Ripken (4,2nd base by Saberhagen/Macfarlane).  WP–Saberhagen (4).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:37.  A–36,472.
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