Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox
June 20, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1988 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 3, Chicago White Sox 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 3 0 0 0
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Brett 1b 3 0 1 0
  Thurman pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Tartabull rf 4 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 2 1 1 0
Buckner dh 4 0 1 1
Tabler lf,1b 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 2 2
Quirk c 2 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Redus lf 3 2 2 1
Lyons 3b 3 1 1 3
Baines dh 3 0 2 0
Calderon rf 4 0 0 0
Walker 1b 4 1 1 0
Gallagher cf 3 1 1 0
  Boston ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Manrique 2b 3 0 1 0
  Hill ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Guillen ss 4 0 1 0
Karkovice c 4 0 1 0
McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 11 5
Kansas City 000 020 001352
Chicago 010 010 0125110
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   6.0 7 2 2 1 2
  Montgomery  L (0-1) 2.1 3 2 2 1 3
  Gleaton   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
11
5
5
2
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell   7.0 3 2 2 2 3
  Horton   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Thigpen  W (3-5) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
4
3

  E–Quirk (1), Montgomery (1).  DP–Kansas City 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Baines (9,off Leibrandt); Walker (18,off Montgomery).  HR–Kansas City White (4,5th inning off McDowell 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Lyons (3,9th inning off Gleaton 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Quirk (2,off Horton); Lyons (6,off Leibrandt).  SF–Redus (2,off Leibrandt); Lyons (1,off Leibrandt).  SB–Guillen (12,2nd base off Leibrandt/Quirk); Redus (17,2nd base off Leibrandt/Quirk); Karkovice (2,2nd base off Montgomery/Quirk).  WP–Leibrandt (7).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–2:53.  A–13,973.
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