Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
August 27, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1987 at Royals 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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Texas Rangers 2, Kansas City Royals 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 0 0 1
Fletcher ss 5 0 0 0
Sierra rf 5 1 1 1
O'Brien 1b 4 0 3 0
Incaviglia lf 4 1 1 0
  Buechele 2b 1 0 0 0
Parrish dh 5 0 3 0
O'Malley 3b 4 0 0 0
Stanley c 3 0 0 0
  Petralli ph,c 0 0 0 0
Wilkerson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Porter ph 0 0 0 0
  Brower ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Kilgus p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 8 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 2 1
Seitzer 3b 4 0 0 0
Brett 1b 5 1 2 1
Tartabull rf 4 0 0 0
White 2b 2 0 0 0
Balboni dh 4 0 0 0
Jackson lf 4 1 2 1
Jones ss 3 1 1 0
Owen c 3 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Quirk c 0 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 3
Texas 100 000 001 0280
Kansas City 000 010 001 1370
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Kilgus   8.2 6 2 2 4 6
  Mohorcic  L (6-4) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.2
7
3
3
4
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen   8.1 6 2 2 4 7
  Gleaton   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Davis  W (3-0) 1.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
2
2
5
7

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Kansas City B Jackson (16,off Kilgus); Jones (3,off Kilgus); Wilson (14,off Kilgus).  HR–Texas Sierra (26,1st inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 2 out), Kansas City B Jackson (21,9th inning off Kilgus 0 on, 2 out); Brett (17,10th inning off Mohorcic 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Petralli (2,by Saberhagen).  WP–Saberhagen (5).  IBB–Saberhagen (2,Petralli).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:03.  A–28,044.
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