Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
June 2, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1988 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Seattle Mariners 0, Kansas City Royals 3

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cotto cf 4 0 1 0
Bradley c 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Phelps dh 3 0 0 0
Brantley lf 3 0 0 0
Presley 3b 3 0 0 0
Wilson rf 3 0 1 0
Quinones ss 3 0 1 0
Reynolds 2b 3 0 1 0
Swift p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 4 0 1 0
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Brett 1b 4 0 1 0
Tartabull rf 4 2 2 1
Seitzer 3b 4 0 2 0
Buckner dh 2 0 0 1
White 2b 2 0 0 0
Eisenreich lf 3 1 2 0
Macfarlane c 3 0 1 1
Power p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 9 3
Seattle 000 000 000041
Kansas City 001 001 01x391
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Swift  L (5-2) 8.0 9 3 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
3
2
1
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Power  W (2-1) 9.0 4 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
5

  E–Presley (10), Wilson (4).  DP–Seattle 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Macfarlane (9,off Swift); Brett (16,off Swift).  HR–Kansas City Tartabull (11,8th inning off Swift 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Buckner (3,off Swift).  HBP–White (2,by Swift).  SB–Cotto (12,2nd base off Power/Macfarlane).  CS–Reynolds (9,2nd base by Power/Macfarlane); Eisenreich (1,2nd base by Swift/Bradley).  WP–Power (1).  BK–Power (1).  HBP–Swift (3,White).  U-HP–Terry Craft, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:10.  A–24,546.
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