Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
April 12, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1988 at Memorial Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 6, Baltimore Orioles 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 4 1 1 0
Brett 1b 4 1 0 0
Tartabull rf 3 2 1 0
Eisenreich dh 3 0 0 1
White 2b 4 1 3 4
Jackson lf 4 1 2 1
Quirk c 3 0 1 0
Stillwell ss 4 0 0 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak rf,cf 3 1 1 0
Ripken 2b 3 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 0 1
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 2 0 1 0
  Landrum rf 1 0 0 0
Sheets dh 2 0 0 0
  Rowdon pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 0 0 0
Schu 3b 1 0 0 0
Stone lf 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Peraza p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 2 1
Kansas City 000 330 000680
Baltimore 100 000 000120
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza  W (2-0) 7.0 2 1 0 5 6
  Quisenberry   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
2
1
0
5
8
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Peraza  L (0-1) 4.0 5 5 5 4 2
  Williamson   3.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Niedenfuer   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Sisk   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
5
6

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2, Baltimore 1.  PB–Quirk (1).  2B–Kansas City Tartabull (5,off Peraza).  HR–Kansas City White (1,4th inning off Peraza 1 on, 1 out); Jackson (2,4th inning off Peraza 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Eisenreich (1,off Williamson); C Ripken (1,off Gubicza).  HBP–Wilson (1,by Peraza); Sheets (1,by Gubicza).  SB–White (1,2nd base off Peraza/Kennedy); Wilson (2,2nd base off Peraza/Kennedy); Quirk (1,2nd base off Peraza/Kennedy); Orsulak (1,2nd base off Gubicza/Quirk); Rowdon (1,2nd base off Gubicza/Quirk).  CS–Lynn (1,2nd base by Gubicza/Quirk).  BK–Peraza (1).  HBP–Gubicza (1,Sheets); Peraza (1,Wilson).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:57.  A–11,180.
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