Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
September 25, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 6, Minnesota Twins 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 2 0
Seitzer 3b 5 2 1 1
Brett 1b 2 1 2 3
Tartabull rf 4 1 1 1
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Eisenreich dh 4 0 0 0
Smith lf 4 0 0 0
  Thurman lf 0 0 0 0
Quirk c 4 1 1 1
Pecota ss 4 1 2 0
  Salazar ss 0 0 0 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 3 2 2 0
Gagne ss 4 1 2 0
Puckett cf 4 1 2 2
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 1
Brunansky rf 4 0 2 1
Baylor dh 4 0 0 0
Larkin 1b 4 0 2 0
  Pittaro pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hrbek ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Nieto c 3 0 0 0
  Bush ph 1 0 0 0
  Laudner c 0 0 0 0
Straker p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
Kansas City 000 150 0006102
Minnesota 200 200 0004111
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   4.0 9 4 4 4 1
  Farr  W (4-3) 4.1 2 0 0 1 4
  Garber  SV (6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
5
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Straker   4.1 5 4 3 2 3
  Schatzeder  L (3-1) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Smithson   3.2 3 0 0 1 2
  Atherton   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
4
5

  E–Seitzer (22), Pecota (5), Gaetti (11).  DP–Kansas City 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Kansas City Brett (17,off Straker).  HR–Kansas City Quirk (5,5th inning off Straker 0 on, 0 out); Brett (22,5th inning off Schatzeder 1 on, 1 out); Tartabull (30,5th inning off Schatzeder 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Brett 2 (13,by Smithson,by Atherton).  SH–Gagne (9,off D Jackson).  SF–Puckett (6,off D Jackson).  SB–Pecota (5,2nd base off Straker/Nieto); Wilson (53,2nd base off Smithson/Nieto); Gladden (25,2nd base off D Jackson/Quirk).  IBB–Smithson (3,Brett); Atherton (4,Brett).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–3:07.  A–52,704.
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