Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
May 23, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1988 at Royals Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 7, Kansas City Royals 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 2 2 0
Herr 2b 5 0 1 1
Puckett cf 5 1 1 2
Hrbek 1b 4 1 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 3 3 0
Bush rf 4 0 1 0
  Davidson rf 0 0 0 0
Larkin dh 3 0 2 3
Laudner c 4 0 1 1
Gagne ss 4 0 0 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 11 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 4 1 0 0
Wilson cf 5 0 1 1
Brett 1b 5 0 1 1
Tartabull rf 3 1 0 0
Seitzer 3b 4 1 3 0
  Pecota pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Buckner dh 2 0 0 0
Jackson lf 3 1 2 2
White 2b 4 1 2 1
Macfarlane c 3 0 1 0
  Eisenreich ph 1 0 0 0
  Quirk c 0 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Minnesota 010 121 0117110
Kansas City 020 020 1005101
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson   4.0 5 4 4 2 1
  Berenguer   2.2 3 1 1 1 2
  Atherton  W (2-1) 0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Reardon  SV (8) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  L (5-5) 8.1 11 7 7 1 3
  Garber   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Black   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
1
3

  E–Brett (4).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Minnesota Gladden (14,off Saberhagen); Gaetti (12,off Saberhagen), Kansas City Jackson (7,off Anderson); White (7,off Anderson); Seitzer (9,off Berenguer).  3B–Minnesota Gladden (1,off Saberhagen), Kansas City Brett (2,off Berenguer).  HR–Minnesota Puckett (5,5th inning off Saberhagen 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Larkin (2,off Saberhagen).  SH–Buckner (1,off Atherton).  HBP–Jackson (1,by Atherton).  SB–Herr (6,2nd base off Garber/Quirk).  BK–Berenguer (4).  HBP–Atherton (1,Jackson).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:13.  A–27,231.
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