Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 28, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1988 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 6, Kansas City Royals 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Espy cf 2 1 1 0
  Brower ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 5 2 3 2
Sierra rf 5 1 2 3
Incaviglia lf 4 1 1 1
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
  Stanley ph 1 0 0 0
Parrish dh 5 0 2 0
Petralli c 4 0 2 0
Buechele 3b 4 0 1 0
Wilkerson 2b 4 1 1 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 14 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 5 2 1 0
Wilson cf 5 0 2 2
Brett 1b 4 0 3 3
Tartabull rf 3 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 3 0 0 0
Buckner dh 5 1 1 0
Jackson lf 5 2 2 0
White 2b 3 0 1 0
  Wellman 2b 0 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 3 3 1 2
Power p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 7
Texas 004 200 0006144
Kansas City 020 200 40x8111
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough   6.1 9 6 4 4 2
  Mohorcic  L (2-1) 1.2 2 2 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
4
4
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Power   2.2 7 4 3 0 1
  Black  W (2-1) 4.1 6 2 2 2 3
  Gleaton  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
6
5
2
6

  E–Espy (3), Fletcher (4), Petralli (3), Buechele (5), Brett (5).  PB–Petralli (6).  2B–Texas Espy (4,off Power); Parrish (5,off Power); Sierra (8,off Black); Fletcher (6,off Gleaton), Kansas City Brett (15,off Mohorcic).  HR–Texas Sierra (5,3rd inning off Power 1 on, 1 out); Incaviglia (11,3rd inning off Power 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Incaviglia (1,by Black).  SH–White (1,off Hough).  HBP–Macfarlane (1,by Hough); Tartabull (2,by Hough).  SB–Espy (7,3rd base off Power/Macfarlane); Brett (7,2nd base off Hough/Petralli); Jackson (14,2nd base off Hough/Petralli); Wilson (10,2nd base off Hough/Petralli).  HBP–Hough 2 (6,Macfarlane,Tartabull).  IBB–Black (2,Incaviglia).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:10.  A–37,802.
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