Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
May 14, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1988 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers 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, Texas Rangers 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 1 0
Seitzer 3b 4 0 1 1
Brett 1b 3 0 2 1
Tartabull rf 3 0 0 0
Balboni dh 4 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Jackson lf 3 1 1 0
Quirk c 2 0 1 1
  Buckner ph 0 0 0 0
  Macfarlane ph 1 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 4 1 2 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower cf 4 0 2 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 2 2
Sierra rf 4 0 0 0
Incaviglia lf 4 0 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
Parrish dh 4 2 2 0
Stanley c 3 2 2 3
Buechele 3b 2 1 0 0
Browne 2b 3 1 1 1
Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 11 6
Kansas City 002 100 000390
Texas 042 000 00x6110
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  L (1-6) 3.0 10 6 6 1 0
  Farr   4.0 1 0 0 0 7
  Quisenberry   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
1
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Russell  W (2-0) 7.2 8 3 3 3 4
  Mohorcic   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Williams  SV (9) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
7

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1, Texas 1.  2B–Texas Parrish (3,off Leibrandt); Incaviglia (8,off Farr).  HR–Texas Stanley (2,3rd inning off Leibrandt 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Buechele (2,by Leibrandt).  SB–Jackson (9,2nd base off Williams/Stanley).  CS–Tartabull (1,2nd base by Russell/Stanley); Incaviglia (4,3rd base by Farr/Quirk).  WP–Leibrandt (3).  BK–Russell (2).  IBB–Leibrandt (3,Buechele).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:44.  A–31,251.
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