Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 20, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 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 0, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 2 0
Seitzer 3b 3 0 1 0
Brett 1b 4 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 4 0 0 0
Eisenreich lf 4 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 2 0
Bosley dh 4 0 2 0
Wellman 2b 2 0 1 0
  Madison ph 1 0 0 0
  Pecota ss 0 0 0 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 2 0 0 0
  White ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 0 8 0
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 0 2 2
Moseby cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Fielder 1b 4 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 1 2 0
  Campusano cf 0 0 0 0
Barfield rf 4 0 1 0
Borders c 4 0 1 0
Beniquez dh 2 1 1 1
Gruber 3b 3 1 1 0
Lee 2b 3 0 1 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 10 3
Kansas City 000 000 000081
Toronto 030 000 00x3101
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  L (1-3) 6.0 9 3 1 2 1
  Black   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
3
1
2
2
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (1-2) 6.1 6 0 0 0 5
  Wells   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Henke  SV (3) 1.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
0
10

  E–Wellman (1), Fernandez (4).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Macfarlane (5,off Henke).  3B–Toronto Bell (1,off Leibrandt).  HBP–Seitzer (1,by Stieb).  CS–Wilson (3,3rd base by Stieb/Borders); Barfield (1,2nd base by Leibrandt/Macfarlane).  BK–Black (1).  HBP–Stieb (1,Seitzer).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:56.  A–20,202.
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