Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
September 10, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 1987 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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 2, Oakland Athletics 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 3 0 1 0
Brett 1b 4 0 1 0
Tartabull rf 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Smith dh 4 0 0 0
Pecota ss 2 1 1 0
Thurman lf 3 0 0 0
  Bosley ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Owen c 1 0 0 0
  Balboni ph 1 1 1 2
  Quirk c 0 0 0 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 5 0 1 0
Bernazard dh 3 1 1 0
  Polonia pr,dh 1 1 1 0
Canseco lf 4 0 0 1
Lansford 3b 4 0 2 0
McGwire 1b 3 0 1 2
Henderson rf 3 0 1 0
  Javier rf 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis rf 0 0 0 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Tettleton c 3 0 1 0
  Griffin pr 0 1 0 0
Gallego ss 3 0 2 0
  Willard ph 0 0 0 0
  Steinbach ph 1 0 1 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 11 3
Kansas City 000 000 200250
Oakland 000 001 0113111
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   7.0 7 2 2 3 2
  Davis  L (3-2) 1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Gleaton   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Garber   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.2
11
3
3
4
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young   7.0 5 2 2 2 8
  Plunk  W (3-4) 2.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
4
10

  E–Gallego (7).  DP–Kansas City 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Gallego (3,off D Jackson); Henderson (7,off D Jackson).  HR–Kansas City Balboni (20,7th inning off Young 1 on, 2 out).  SF–McGwire (7,off D Jackson).  SB–Pecota (3,2nd base off Young/Tettleton).  CS–Murphy (4,2nd base by D Jackson/Quirk).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:04.  A–12,361.
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