Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
May 21, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1988 at Royals Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 9, Kansas City Royals 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Franco 2b 4 3 2 1
Tabler 1b 4 0 1 1
  Upshaw 1b 1 0 0 0
Carter cf 5 3 3 1
Jacoby 3b 4 0 0 0
Snyder rf 4 2 3 3
Kittle dh 4 1 1 3
  Clark ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Castillo lf 3 0 0 0
  Hall lf 0 0 0 0
Washington ss 4 0 0 0
Allanson c 4 0 0 0
Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Laskey p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 10 9
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 3 1 1 0
Wilson cf 4 0 2 0
Brett 1b 4 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 4 2 2 3
Seitzer 3b 4 0 1 0
Buckner dh 4 0 1 0
Jackson lf 3 1 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 1 1 2
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Cleveland 101 040 2019102
Kansas City 010 002 200581
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bailes  W (3-4) 6.2 5 5 5 3 2
  Laskey   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Jones  SV (7) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (6-3) 7.0 8 8 8 4 1
  Garber   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
9
9
4
2

  E–Snyder (3), Washington (1), Seitzer (6).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Tabler (5,off Bannister); Carter 2 (13,off Bannister 2).  HR–Cleveland Franco (2,3rd inning off Bannister 0 on, 1 out); Kittle (4,5th inning off Bannister 2 on, 2 out); Snyder (10,7th inning off Bannister 1 on, 2 out), Kansas City Tartabull 2 (9,2nd inning off Bailes 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Bailes 1 on, 2 out); Macfarlane (1,7th inning off Bailes 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Snyder (3,by Bannister).  SB–Franco (6,2nd base off Bannister/Macfarlane); Washington (1,2nd base off Garber/Macfarlane); Carter (10,2nd base off Garber/Macfarlane).  WP–Bailes (2).  IBB–Bannister (1,Snyder).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:51.  A–35,941.
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