Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
July 4, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1988 at Royals Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 9, Kansas City Royals 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 3 4 3
Barrett 2b 4 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 3 3 3
  Romine rf 0 0 0 0
Greenwell lf 4 0 3 1
Burks cf 5 0 2 2
Rice dh 5 0 1 0
Benzinger 1b 4 1 1 0
Gedman c 5 2 2 0
Owen ss 3 0 1 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 17 9
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 4 0 1 0
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
  Capra cf 1 0 0 0
Brett 1b 4 0 2 2
Tartabull rf 4 0 0 0
  Tabler rf 0 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 4 0 2 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
  Wellman 2b 0 0 0 0
Jackson lf 4 0 0 0
Buckner dh 4 1 2 0
Macfarlane c 4 1 3 0
Power p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 11 2
Boston 230 102 1009170
Kansas City 002 000 0002110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (12-5) 8.0 9 2 2 0 8
  Stanley   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
0
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Power  L (4-2) 2.0 7 5 5 1 1
  Anderson   4.0 6 3 3 3 1
  Gleaton   3.0 4 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
17
9
9
5
3

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, Kansas City 1.  TP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Boston Boggs 2 (22,off Power 2); Rice (9,off Anderson); Greenwell (21,off Gleaton).  3B–Boston Burks (4,off Power); Evans (4,off Anderson).  HR–Boston Evans (6,1st inning off Power 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Barrett (10,off Power); Owen (6,off Power).  IBB–Boggs (11,by Anderson); Greenwell (8,by Anderson).  HBP–Stillwell (3,by Clemens).  SB–Boggs (2,2nd base off Anderson/Macfarlane).  HBP–Clemens (3,Stillwell).  IBB–Anderson 2 (2,Boggs,Greenwell).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:21.  A–40,804.
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