Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
September 26, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 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 7, Minnesota Twins 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 2 0
Seitzer 3b 3 1 1 1
Brett 1b 4 1 1 0
Tartabull rf 5 2 2 3
White 2b 4 1 1 0
Balboni dh 4 1 1 1
Pecota ss 2 0 0 0
  Eisenreich ph 1 0 1 2
  Salazar ss 2 0 0 0
Owen c 3 0 0 0
  Quirk ph,c 1 0 1 0
Thurman lf 1 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 1 0
  Smith pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 1 2 0
  Davidson lf 1 0 0 0
Gagne ss 2 2 0 0
Bush dh 2 0 1 1
Puckett cf 5 0 1 2
Gaetti 3b 5 0 1 0
Hrbek 1b 4 0 2 1
Brunansky rf 2 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 2 0 0 0
  Smalley ph 1 0 0 0
  Newman 2b 0 0 0 0
Nieto c 1 0 0 0
  Pittaro pr 0 1 0 0
  Laudner c 1 0 0 0
  Beane pr 0 0 0 0
  Butera c 0 0 0 0
Carlton p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Kansas City 010 002 1037111
Minnesota 200 011 000471
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen   6.0 7 4 4 6 6
  Davis  W (5-2) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Garber  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
7
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton   5.1 4 3 3 2 2
  Berenguer   1.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Atherton   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Reardon  L (8-8) 1.0 3 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
4
5

  E–Seitzer (23), Gagne (17).  DP–Kansas City 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Kansas City White (30,off Carlton); Eisenreich (7,off Berenguer); Brett (18,off Reardon).  HR–Kansas City Balboni (24,2nd inning off Carlton 0 on, 1 out); Tartabull (31,9th inning off Reardon 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Seitzer (1,off Berenguer).  HBP–White (2,by Carlton); Nieto (3,by Saberhagen); Bush (3,by Garber).  IBB–Brett (14,by Berenguer).  SH–Bush (5,off Saberhagen); Gagne (10,off Saberhagen).  CS–Davidson (2,2nd base by Davis/Quirk).  HBP–Saberhagen (6,Nieto); Garber (1,Bush); Carlton (4,White).  IBB–Berenguer (7,Brett).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Al Clark.  T–3:04.  A–46,263.
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