Milwaukee Brewers vs Kansas City Royals
July 5, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1988 at Royals Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 3, Kansas City Royals 1

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor dh 4 0 2 0
Gantner 2b 3 0 0 0
Yount cf 4 0 0 0
Leonard lf 4 1 1 1
Sveum ss 4 1 1 0
Surhoff 3b 3 0 0 0
Meyer 1b 2 0 1 1
  Robidoux pr,1b 1 1 1 0
Hamilton rf 4 0 1 1
O'Brien c 3 0 0 0
Birkbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 4 1 1 0
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 4 0 1 1
Brett 1b 4 0 1 0
Tabler rf 3 0 1 0
  Tartabull ph 1 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
Jackson lf 3 0 1 0
Buckner dh 3 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 3 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Milwaukee 020 000 100370
Kansas City 000 000 001151
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Birkbeck  W (3-5) 8.1 5 1 1 0 4
  Plesac  SV (18) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (8-7) 7.1 6 3 3 1 1
  Montgomery   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
2

  E–Jackson (4).  2B–Milwaukee Sveum (6,off Bannister); Hamilton (3,off Bannister); Molitor (17,off Bannister), Kansas City Stillwell (20,off Birkbeck).  HR–Milwaukee Leonard (3,2nd inning off Bannister 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Surhoff (8,off Bannister); Gantner (5,off Bannister).  SB–Robidoux (1,2nd base off Bannister/Macfarlane).  BK–Birkbeck (7), Bannister (2).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:09.  A–22,761.
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