Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
May 10, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1988 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 2, Kansas City Royals 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 3 1 1 0
Barrett 2b 3 0 2 0
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 1
Evans 1b 3 0 1 0
Greenwell lf 4 0 1 0
Rice dh 4 1 2 0
Cerone c 4 0 0 0
Reed ss 3 0 1 1
  Horn ph 1 0 0 0
Anderson rf 4 0 0 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 3 0
  Bosley cf 0 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 5 1 1 0
Brett dh 4 1 1 0
Tartabull rf 5 0 2 1
White 2b 5 0 2 1
Jackson lf 5 2 4 1
Macfarlane c 5 1 2 1
Balboni 1b 4 1 3 3
Stillwell ss 4 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 18 7
Boston 110 000 000281
Kansas City 100 120 30x7180
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst  L (5-1) 6.1 14 6 5 1 3
  Gardner   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Smith   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
18
7
6
1
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  W (5-2) 7.0 7 2 2 2 5
  Farr   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
7

  E–Boggs (7).  DP–Boston 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Boston Burks (6,off Bannister); Rice (3,off Bannister); Reed (2,off Bannister), Kansas City Wilson (2,off Hurst); White (6,off Hurst); Balboni (2,off Hurst); Macfarlane (6,off Hurst); Tartabull (10,off Smith).  HR–Kansas City Balboni (2,7th inning off Gardner 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Barrett (2,off Bannister).  SB–Jackson (8,2nd base off Hurst/Cerone).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:38.  A–21,645.
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