Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
April 18, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1988 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Kansas City Royals 2, Detroit Tigers 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 4 0 2 2
Brett 1b 4 0 1 0
Tartabull rf 2 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Balboni dh 3 0 0 0
  Bosley ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Jackson lf 4 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 1 2 0
Stillwell ss 2 1 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 0 2 1
Brookens 3b 4 1 2 1
Salazar 2b 4 0 1 0
  Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 1 1 1
Herndon dh 4 0 1 1
Lemon rf 4 0 1 0
Knight 1b 4 1 1 0
  Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0
Beane lf 3 0 0 0
Heath c 1 1 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Kansas City 002 000 000250
Detroit 001 002 10x490
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (2-1) 6.1 8 4 4 3 4
  Black   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
3
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  W (3-0) 7.2 5 2 2 4 4
  Henneman  SV (5) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
4
4

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Macfarlane (4,off Tanana), Detroit Brookens (5,off Bannister).  CS–Seitzer (2,2nd base by Tanana/Heath).  SB–Trammell (1,2nd base off Bannister/Macfarlane).  WP–Tanana (1).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:45.  A–11,001.
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