Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
May 18, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1988 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 8, Minnesota Twins 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 2 1
  Eisenreich cf 0 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 5 2 2 1
Brett 1b 5 0 2 1
Tartabull rf 4 1 1 2
Balboni dh 4 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
  Wellman 2b 0 0 0 0
Jackson lf 4 1 1 1
Macfarlane c 4 2 2 0
Stillwell ss 4 1 2 2
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 8
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 3 1 2 1
Herr 2b 3 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 0 3 1
Hrbek dh 3 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Bush rf 2 0 0 0
Larkin 1b 4 0 0 0
Lombardozzi ss 4 0 1 0
Nieto c 2 0 0 0
  Moses ph 1 1 1 0
  Laudner c 1 0 0 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Best p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
Kansas City 001 020 0238121
Minnesota 001 000 010280
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  W (5-4) 9.0 8 2 2 4 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  L (1-3) 7.1 7 4 4 1 4
  Atherton   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Best   1.0 4 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
1
6

  E–Stillwell (3).  DP–Kansas City 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Kansas City Seitzer (7,off Anderson); Macfarlane (8,off Best).  3B–Kansas City Brett (1,off Best), Minnesota Moses (1,off Saberhagen); Puckett (2,off Saberhagen).  HR–Kansas City Jackson (8,3rd inning off Anderson 0 on, 0 out); Stillwell (4,5th inning off Anderson 1 on, 0 out); Tartabull (7,8th inning off Atherton 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–White (1,by Anderson).  SF–Gladden (2,off Saberhagen).  IBB–Hrbek (1,by Saberhagen).  SB–Tartabull (4,2nd base off Anderson/Nieto); Brett (5,2nd base off Anderson/Nieto); Gladden (6,2nd base off Saberhagen/Macfarlane).  HBP–Anderson (2,White).  IBB–Saberhagen (2,Hrbek).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:45.  A–23,518.
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