Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
May 31, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1988 at Cleveland Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 6, Cleveland Indians 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 4 1 1 0
Wilson cf 5 1 3 3
Brett 1b 4 1 1 0
Tartabull rf 5 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 5 1 1 0
Buckner dh 4 0 1 1
Jackson lf 4 0 2 0
  Madison pr,lf 1 0 1 1
Quirk c 2 1 1 1
Wellman 2b 2 0 1 0
  Eisenreich ph 1 1 1 0
  Pecota 2b 2 0 0 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 13 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Franco 2b 5 0 1 0
Upshaw 1b 5 0 1 0
Carter cf 5 0 0 0
Snyder rf 5 0 0 0
Hall lf 2 1 2 0
  Castillo ph 1 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 4 1 1 0
Clark dh 4 1 1 1
  Kittle ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Allanson c 4 0 1 2
Bell ss 4 0 2 0
  Tabler ph 1 0 0 0
Farrell p 0 0 0 0
  Kaiser p 0 0 0 0
  Laskey p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 9 3
Kansas City 100 000 200 36132
Cleveland 020 100 000 0391
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza  W (6-5) 9.0 9 3 3 3 8
  Gleaton   0.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Farr  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
9
3
3
5
9
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Farrell   6.2 7 3 3 3 2
  Kaiser   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Laskey   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Schatzeder  L (0-2) 0.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Dedmon   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.0
13
6
6
3
5

  E–Brett (6), Tartabull (3), Hall (3).  2B–Kansas City Stillwell (9,off Farrell); Wilson (6,off Farrell), Cleveland Jacoby (13,off Gubicza).  HR–Cleveland Clark (1,4th inning off Gubicza 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Quirk (1,off Kaiser).  SF–Buckner (2,off Dedmon).  HBP–Stillwell (2,by Farrell).  IBB–Hall (4,by Gubicza).  CS–Wellman (1,2nd base by Farrell/Allanson); Jackson (3,2nd base by Farrell/Allanson).  SB–Carter (13,2nd base off Gubicza/Quirk).  HBP–Farrell (3,Stillwell).  IBB–Gubicza (2,Hall).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–3:38.  A–8,978.
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