Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
August 17, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1987 at Arlington Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 7, Texas Rangers 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 3 0
Smith lf 4 1 1 0
Seitzer 3b 4 1 0 1
Brett 1b 3 0 0 1
Tartabull dh 5 2 3 3
White 2b 4 1 4 1
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
  Bosley ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Jones ss 3 0 0 0
  Balboni ph 1 0 0 0
  Quirk c 1 0 1 0
Owen c 2 0 0 0
  Pecota ph,ss 2 1 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 13 7
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower cf 4 0 0 0
  McDowell ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 1 0
Sierra rf 5 1 1 0
Incaviglia lf 5 0 3 1
Parrish dh 5 2 1 1
O'Brien 1b 4 1 1 0
Stanley c 4 2 3 3
  Wilkerson pr 0 0 0 0
  O'Malley 3b 0 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 2 0
  Porter ph 0 0 0 0
  Slaught ph,c 1 0 0 0
Browne 2b 4 0 2 1
Kilgus p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 14 6
Kansas City 000 001 4027132
Texas 031 001 1006141
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   6.0 11 5 5 0 5
  Quisenberry   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Gleaton   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Davis  W (2-0) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
1
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Kilgus   6.0 7 2 2 2 4
  Russell  L (4-3) 2.2 4 5 5 3 3
  Howe   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
5
7

  E–Seitzer (17), Pecota (4), Fletcher (20).  DP–Kansas City 1, Texas 1.  PB–Quirk (11).  2B–Kansas City Smith (4,off Kilgus); Tartabull 2 (16,off Russell 2); White (23,off Russell).  HR–Kansas City Tartabull (19,6th inning off Kilgus 0 on, 1 out), Texas Parrish (25,3rd inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 2 out); Stanley (6,6th inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Brett (5,off Russell).  IBB–White (4,by Russell).  SB–Browne (22,2nd base off Leibrandt/Owen); Sierra (11,2nd base off Quisenberry/Quirk).  CS–Brower (5,2nd base by Leibrandt/Owen).  BK–Gleaton (1).  IBB–Russell (4,White).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:22.  A–24,101.
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