Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees
April 26, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1988 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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 4, New York Yankees 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 2 0
Seitzer 3b 3 0 1 2
Brett dh 3 1 0 0
Tartabull rf 4 1 2 2
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 3 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 0 0
Eisenreich lf 4 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 3 0 0 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 2 1 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 5 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 1 0 0
Randolph 2b 2 0 0 0
  Meacham ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Mattingly 1b 2 1 1 1
Clark dh 3 1 1 2
Winfield rf 3 1 1 1
Kelly cf 3 0 0 0
Pagliarulo 3b 3 0 0 0
Slaught c 3 1 1 1
Santana ss 3 0 0 0
Leiter p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
  Hudson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 4 5
Kansas City 100 021 000451
New York 010 201 01x540
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  L (1-4) 8.0 4 5 4 1 4
Totals
8.0
4
5
4
1
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter   6.0 4 4 4 3 6
  Guante  W (2-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Hudson  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
3
10

  E–Macfarlane (1).  2B–Kansas City Seitzer (4,off Leiter).  HR–Kansas City Tartabull (3,6th inning off Leiter 0 on, 0 out), New York Winfield (7,2nd inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 1 out); Clark (2,4th inning off Leibrandt 1 on, 1 out); Slaught (4,8th inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Mattingly (2,off Leibrandt).  SB–Wilson (3,2nd base off Guante/Slaught); Henderson (15,2nd base off Leibrandt/Macfarlane).  BK–Leiter (2).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:29.  A–20,364.
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