Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
August 9, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1987 at Fenway Park. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 8, Boston Red Sox 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 6 1 2 1
Seitzer 3b 4 2 3 2
Brett 1b 4 1 2 1
Tartabull rf 5 1 1 1
Smith lf 5 0 1 0
White 2b 5 1 2 0
Balboni dh 5 1 3 2
Quirk c 4 1 1 0
Jones ss 5 0 2 0
Black p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 8 17 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 4 1 1 1
Barrett 2b 3 0 0 0
Benzinger lf 4 0 1 1
Evans 1b 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 2 0 0 1
Henderson rf 4 0 1 0
Romero 3b 4 0 1 0
Owen ss 4 1 2 0
Marzano c 2 1 1 0
  Horn ph 1 0 0 0
Woodward p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Kansas City 120 400 1008170
Boston 003 000 000371
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Black   2.1 3 3 3 2 0
  Davis  W (1-0) 6.2 4 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Woodward   1.1 5 3 3 1 1
  Crawford  L (4-3) 2.1 6 4 1 2 1
  Bolton   5.1 6 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
17
8
5
3
5

  E–Marzano (1).  DP–Kansas City 2.  PB–Marzano (2).  2B–Kansas City Wilson (12,off Woodward); Balboni (10,off Crawford), Boston Marzano (2,off Davis).  HR–Kansas City Seitzer (10,7th inning off Bolton 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Marzano (1,by Black); Baylor 2 (20,by Black,by Davis).  SB–Burks (20,2nd base off Black/Quirk).  WP–Woodward (1).  HBP–Black 2 (2,Marzano,Baylor); Davis (1,Baylor).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:56.  A–34,009.
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