Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 27, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1988 at Royals Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 3, Kansas City Royals 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower cf 3 0 1 0
  Espy ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 4 1 2 1
Sierra rf 4 1 1 0
Incaviglia lf 4 0 0 0
Stanley c 3 0 1 2
Parrish dh 3 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
Buechele 3b 4 0 1 0
Browne 2b 4 1 1 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 3 0 0 0
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Brett 1b 4 0 2 0
Tartabull rf 4 1 1 0
Seitzer 3b 4 1 1 1
  Pecota pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Buckner dh 4 0 1 1
  Wellman pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Jackson lf 4 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Quirk c 1 0 0 0
  Eisenreich ph 1 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Texas 000 002 100381
Kansas City 000 001 010270
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman  W (5-3) 9.0 7 2 2 4 7
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (6-4) 6.1 6 3 3 3 6
  Garber   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Farr   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
9

  E–Guzman (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Texas Brower (2,off Bannister); Stanley (3,off Bannister), Kansas City Brett (14,off Guzman); Seitzer (10,off Guzman); Buckner (2,off Guzman).  3B–Texas Browne (1,off Bannister), Kansas City Tartabull (1,off Guzman).  IBB–Parrish (1,by Bannister).  SB–Fletcher (3,2nd base off Garber/Quirk).  CS–Buechele (1,2nd base by Farr/Quirk); Quirk (1,2nd base by Guzman/Stanley).  WP–Guzman (3).  IBB–Bannister (2,Parrish).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:04.  A–24,045.
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