Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 19, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1988 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 3, Toronto Blue Jays 12

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 0 0
  Bosley cf 0 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 4 1 2 0
Brett 1b 3 1 2 2
  Pecota 1b 0 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 3 0 1 1
Eisenreich dh 4 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
  Wellman 2b 1 0 0 0
Jackson lf 3 0 0 0
Quirk c 3 0 0 0
  Madison c 1 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 3 0 1 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 3 0 0 0
  Liriano ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Moseby cf 2 2 0 0
  Thornton lf 1 0 0 0
Leach dh 4 1 0 0
Bell lf 4 2 2 1
  Campusano cf 1 1 1 0
Whitt c 3 2 2 3
McGriff 1b 5 2 2 3
Barfield rf 3 1 2 4
Gruber 3b 4 0 0 0
Lee 2b,ss 4 1 2 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 12 11 11
Kansas City 101 001 000362
Toronto 007 200 21x12110
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  L (1-2) 4.0 7 9 7 4 3
  Farr   3.0 2 2 2 3 5
  Quisenberry   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
12
10
7
9
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  W (1-2) 7.0 6 3 3 1 12
  Cerutti   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Ward   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
13

  E–Seitzer (4), Tartabull (2).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Tartabull (9,off Clancy), Toronto Campusano (2,off Quisenberry).  3B–Kansas City Seitzer (1,off Clancy), Toronto Whitt (1,off Saberhagen).  HR–Toronto Barfield (2,3rd inning off Saberhagen 3 on, 1 out); McGriff (3,7th inning off Farr 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Brett (3,off Clancy).  IBB–Whitt (1,by Saberhagen).  SB–Seitzer (4,2nd base off Clancy/Whitt); Moseby (5,2nd base off Saberhagen/Quirk).  IBB–Saberhagen (1,Whitt).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:52.  A–21,231.
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