Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
August 19, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 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 11, Texas Rangers 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 2 1 0
Seitzer 3b 2 2 1 0
Brett 1b 4 2 2 2
Tartabull dh 4 1 1 2
Bosley rf 3 1 1 2
White 2b 5 2 2 1
Smith lf 3 0 0 1
Quirk c 3 1 1 1
Jones ss 5 0 1 1
Black p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 11 10 10
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 3 1 1 1
  Porter ph,c 1 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 3 2 2 0
Sierra rf 5 2 2 3
Parrish dh 5 0 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
Incaviglia lf 4 1 3 2
Stanley c 3 0 0 0
  Petralli ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 2 0 0 0
  O'Malley ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Brower cf 2 0 0 0
  McDowell ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Mielke p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Kansas City 201 061 10011101
Texas 402 000 0006101
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Black   2.1 7 6 6 1 2
  Stoddard  W (1-1) 5.1 3 0 0 2 5
  Davis  SV (1) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
4
8
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  L (6-6) 4.1 5 8 7 7 5
  Russell   1.2 3 2 1 0 0
  Mielke   1.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Williams   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Howe   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
11
9
9
8

  E–Smith (4), Stanley (6).  DP–Kansas City 1, Texas 1.  2B–Texas Fletcher (22,off Black); Incaviglia (23,off Stoddard).  HR–Kansas City Tartabull (20,1st inning off Witt 1 on, 2 out); Brett (15,6th inning off Russell 0 on, 1 out); White (11,7th inning off Mielke 0 on, 0 out), Texas Browne (1,1st inning off Black 0 on, 0 out); Incaviglia (24,1st inning off Black 1 on, 2 out); Sierra (23,3rd inning off Black 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Bosley (2,off Witt); Smith (2,off Russell).  HBP–Quirk (4,by Howe); Fletcher (4,by Black).  SB–Smith (3,2nd base off Witt/Stanley); Wilson 2 (36,2nd base off Witt/Stanley 2); Seitzer (8,2nd base off Mielke/Stanley); Quirk (1,2nd base off Howe/Porter).  CS–Browne (13,2nd base by Black/Quirk).  WP–Black (6).  HBP–Black (4,Fletcher); Howe (1,Quirk).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:26.  A–24,588.
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