Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
August 8, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 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 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 1 0
Smith lf 3 1 1 0
Seitzer 3b 4 1 2 0
Brett 1b 3 0 1 0
Tartabull rf 4 1 2 2
White 2b 4 0 2 1
Balboni dh 3 0 0 0
Jones ss 3 0 1 0
  Eisenreich ph 1 0 0 0
  Pecota ss 0 0 0 0
Owen c 3 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 0 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 3 2 3 2
Barrett 2b 4 1 2 1
Boggs 3b 1 1 0 0
Rice lf 0 0 0 1
  Benzinger rf 3 0 0 0
Horn dh 5 0 0 0
Evans 1b 4 2 2 0
Greenwell rf,lf 5 0 2 2
Marzano c 5 1 2 1
Owen ss 3 1 0 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 11 7
Kansas City 000 201 0003102
Boston 313 001 00x8110
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza  L (9-11) 2.2 7 7 7 3 3
  Stoddard   3.1 4 1 1 2 1
  Quisenberry   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
7
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst  W (13-6) 7.0 9 3 3 3 7
  Schiraldi   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
4
10

  E–Smith (1), Tartabull (4).  DP–Boston 2.  PB–Owen (4).  2B–Kansas City Seitzer (27,off Hurst); White (19,off Hurst), Boston Burks 2 (22,off Gubicza,off Stoddard); Barrett (13,off Gubicza); Evans (28,off Gubicza); Marzano (1,off Stoddard).  3B–Boston Evans (2,off Stoddard).  HR–Boston Burks (17,3rd inning off Gubicza 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Smith (1,by Schiraldi); Rice (6,by Gubicza); Burks (2,by Gubicza).  SH–Barrett (17,off Gubicza).  SF–Rice (2,off Gubicza).  IBB–Boggs (16,by Gubicza).  SB–Burks (19,2nd base off Quisenberry/Owen).  HBP–Gubicza 2 (3,Rice,Burks); Schiraldi (1,Smith).  IBB–Gubicza (2,Boggs).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–2:54.  A–34,622.
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