Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
August 7, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1987 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox 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, Boston Red Sox 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 3 0 0 0
Brett 1b 4 0 1 0
Tartabull rf 4 0 0 0
Jackson lf 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 2 1
Balboni dh 2 0 1 0
  Smith pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Jones ss 2 0 0 0
  Eisenreich ph 0 1 0 0
  Salazar ss 1 0 1 0
Quirk c 4 0 2 2
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 4 0 1 0
  Greenwell ph 0 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 0 2
Boggs 3b 2 0 0 0
Rice lf 3 1 0 0
Baylor dh 3 1 1 0
Evans 1b 4 1 2 0
Benzinger rf 3 0 0 1
Marzano c 3 1 1 1
Owen ss 3 0 1 0
Sellers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
Kansas City 010 000 200370
Boston 001 100 002460
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  L (11-9) 8.2 6 4 4 5 5
  Davis   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.2
6
4
4
7
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sellers  W (4-4) 9.0 7 3 3 2 7
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  PB–Quirk (9).  2B–Kansas City White (18,off Sellers); Quirk (10,off Sellers), Boston Owen (13,off Leibrandt); Evans 2 (27,off Leibrandt 2).  HR–Kansas City White (10,2nd inning off Sellers 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Seitzer (2,by Sellers).  SF–Benzinger (1,off Leibrandt); Marzano (2,off Leibrandt).  IBB–Owen (2,by Leibrandt).  SB–Burks (18,2nd base off Leibrandt/Quirk); Baylor (4,2nd base off Leibrandt/Quirk).  CS–Boggs (2,2nd base by Leibrandt/Quirk).  HBP–Sellers (3,Seitzer).  IBB–Leibrandt (1,Owen).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:53.  A–34,946.
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