Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
May 19, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 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 14, Minnesota Twins 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 5 3 3 4
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
  Eisenreich cf 2 1 1 0
Brett 1b 4 2 3 2
  Balboni 1b 1 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 3 1 0 0
  Pecota rf 2 0 1 0
Seitzer 3b 5 1 1 2
Buckner dh 6 2 3 3
Jackson lf 4 1 1 2
Madison c 3 2 2 0
Wellman 2b 5 1 2 1
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 14 18 14
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman 2b,3b 3 0 0 0
Gladden lf 4 0 0 0
Puckett cf 3 0 0 0
  Moses cf 1 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 3 0 0 0
  Lombardozzi 2b 1 0 0 0
Larkin dh 4 0 2 0
Hrbek 1b 3 1 1 0
  Nieto c 1 0 0 0
Laudner c,1b 3 0 0 0
Davidson rf 3 0 2 1
Gagne ss 3 0 0 0
Straker p 0 0 0 0
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Lea p 0 0 0 0
  Best p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Kansas City 406 000 21114180
Minnesota 010 000 000150
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  W (2-6) 6.0 3 1 1 1 3
  Black   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Quisenberry   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Straker  L (1-2) 0.1 2 4 4 3 0
  Portugal   2.0 7 6 6 2 2
  Lea   4.2 5 2 2 2 2
  Best   1.0 2 1 1 0 3
  Reardon   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
18
14
14
7
8

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Kansas City Jackson (4,off Portugal); Wilson (4,off Portugal); Madison (1,off Lea); Eisenreich (5,off Reardon); Seitzer (8,off Reardon), Minnesota Hrbek (9,off Leibrandt).  3B–Kansas City Stillwell (3,off Lea).  HR–Kansas City Buckner 2 (2,3rd inning off Portugal 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Best 0 on, 0 out); Stillwell (5,3rd inning off Portugal 2 on, 0 out); Brett (8,3rd inning off Portugal 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Brett (6,2nd base off Straker/Laudner).  WP–Lea (3).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:15.  A–26,860.
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