Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
May 22, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 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 8, Kansas City Royals 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Franco 2b 5 1 2 3
Upshaw 1b 5 0 0 0
Carter cf 4 1 1 0
Snyder rf 5 1 1 0
Hall lf 5 1 2 2
Jacoby 3b 3 2 1 0
Washington ss 5 1 3 1
Clark dh 4 0 2 1
  Kittle ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Allanson c 3 0 1 1
  Tabler ph 0 1 0 0
  Bando c 1 0 0 0
Yett p 0 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Laskey p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 13 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 2 3 1 1
Eisenreich cf 6 1 2 1
Brett dh 6 0 3 5
Tartabull rf 3 0 1 0
Seitzer 3b 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Balboni 1b 0 0 0 0
Jackson lf 5 1 1 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Quirk c 3 1 2 0
  Pecota pr 0 1 0 0
  Macfarlane c 1 0 0 0
  Madison ph 1 0 0 0
Power p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 12 7
Cleveland 010 012 003 18130
Kansas City 201 010 210 07120
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Yett   6.2 10 6 6 2 4
  Dedmon   1.2 1 1 1 4 0
  Schatzeder   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Laskey  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Jones  SV (8) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
12
7
7
7
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Power   5.0 7 3 3 2 0
  Farr   3.0 2 1 1 0 4
  Garber  L (0-2) 1.2 4 4 4 2 2
  Black   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
13
8
8
5
6

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Cleveland Hall 2 (10,off Farr,off Garber), Kansas City Brett 3 (13,off Yett 3).  3B–Kansas City Eisenreich (1,off Yett).  HR–Cleveland Franco (3,9th inning off Garber 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Jacoby (1,by Garber); White (3,by Dedmon).  SF–Stillwell (2,off Dedmon).  CS–Washington (2,Home by Power/Quirk); Franco (6,2nd base by Power/Quirk); Seitzer (4,2nd base by Yett/Allanson).  SB–Jackson 2 (12,2nd base off Yett/Allanson,2nd base off Dedmon/Allanson).  IBB–Dedmon (1,White); Garber (1,Jacoby).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–3:42.  A–33,936.
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