Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
June 8, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1988 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 4, Kansas City Royals 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 5 0 0 0
Gallego 2b 4 0 2 0
Canseco rf 3 0 2 0
Parker lf 4 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 0
Baylor dh 4 0 1 0
  Nelson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Henderson cf 4 1 1 0
Weiss ss 4 2 2 0
Sinatro c 3 0 2 4
  Jennings ph 1 0 0 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 3 0 1 0
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Brett 1b 2 1 0 0
Tartabull rf 3 2 2 0
Seitzer 3b 3 1 1 0
Buckner dh 3 1 1 2
White 2b 4 0 2 3
Eisenreich lf 2 0 0 0
  Tabler ph,lf 1 0 1 0
  Thurman pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Quirk c 4 0 1 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 9 5
Oakland 020 002 0004110
Kansas City 000 302 00x590
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  L (9-4) 5.1 7 5 5 3 1
  Honeycutt   2.2 2 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
5
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  W (8-5) 7.1 11 4 4 0 3
  Montgomery  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
0
3

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Oakland McGwire (11,off Saberhagen); Sinatro 2 (2,off Saberhagen 2), Kansas City Stillwell (11,off Stewart); Buckner (3,off Stewart); White (8,off Stewart); Tabler (8,off Honeycutt).  SH–Canseco (1,off Saberhagen); Seitzer (1,off Stewart); Buckner (3,off Stewart).  WP–Stewart (6), Honeycutt (1).  BK–Stewart (13).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:56.  A–32,002.
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