California Angels vs Kansas City Royals
September 14, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1987 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 5, Kansas City Royals 8

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Jones rf,lf 2 1 1 0
  Hendrick ph,lf 3 0 0 0
White cf 3 1 1 0
Joyner 1b 4 2 2 2
Ray 2b 4 0 2 1
Buckner dh 4 0 1 1
Downing lf 2 0 0 0
  Armas rf 2 0 1 0
Howell 3b 4 0 0 0
Schofield ss 3 0 0 0
  Eppard ph 1 0 0 0
Boone c 3 1 2 1
  Ryal ph 1 0 0 0
Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Lazorko p 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 2 2 0
Pecota ss 4 1 2 1
  Salazar ss 0 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 4 1 2 0
Brett 1b 2 1 0 0
Tartabull rf 3 1 2 1
White 2b 4 1 1 2
Balboni dh 4 1 1 3
Quirk c 3 0 0 0
Thurman lf 4 0 0 0
Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 10 7
California 311 000 0005101
Kansas City 500 010 20x8100
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   1.0 4 5 5 1 1
  Lazorko  L (4-6) 5.2 6 3 3 3 1
  Minton   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
4
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Perez   2.0 6 5 5 1 0
  Black  W (7-6) 6.0 4 0 0 0 3
  Garber  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
3

  E–Boone (11).  DP–California 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–California Jones (6,off Perez); Joyner 2 (32,off Perez 2); Ray (7,off Perez); Buckner (12,off Black), Kansas City Tartabull (22,off Lazorko); Pecota (3,off Lazorko).  HR–California Boone (3,2nd inning off Perez 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City Balboni (23,1st inning off Sutton 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Brett 2 (9,by Lazorko 2).  SB–Wilson (48,2nd base off Lazorko/Boone); Brett (6,Home off Minton/Boone); Tartabull (6,2nd base off Minton/Boone).  IBB–Lazorko 2 (4,Brett 2).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:39.  A–22,451.
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