Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
July 15, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1988 at Fenway Park. 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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Kansas City Royals 4, Boston Red Sox 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Capra cf 4 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 1 0
Pecota ss 4 2 1 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 1 0
  Wellman pr 0 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 5 1 3 1
Brett 1b 5 0 2 1
Tartabull rf 4 1 1 2
White 2b 4 0 2 0
Jackson lf 3 0 0 0
Tabler dh 4 0 2 0
Quirk c 4 0 1 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 14 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 1 2 1
Barrett 2b 4 0 0 0
Evans 1b 2 3 1 0
  Benzinger 1b 1 0 0 0
Greenwell lf 5 1 2 1
Burks cf 3 0 2 2
Rice dh 3 1 3 1
  Kutcher pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Cerone c 4 1 2 2
Owen ss 4 0 1 0
Romine rf 3 0 0 0
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 13 7
Kansas City 100 002 1004141
Boston 211 021 00x7132
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  L (5-11) 4.2 10 6 6 2 3
  Montgomery   2.1 2 1 1 2 1
  Farr   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
4
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson  W (4-3) 5.1 8 3 3 1 2
  Lamp   1.0 3 1 0 0 0
  Bolton   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Stanley   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Smith  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
4
3
1
3

  E–Seitzer (9), Evans (8), Owen (6).  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Kansas City Pecota (1,off Smithson); Brett (29,off Bolton), Boston Greenwell (22,off Leibrandt); Burks (20,off Leibrandt); Rice (11,off Montgomery); Boggs (24,off Farr).  HR–Kansas City Tartabull (14,6th inning off Smithson 1 on, 1 out), Boston Boggs (3,2nd inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 2 out); Cerone (3,5th inning off Leibrandt 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Barrett (11,off Farr).  SF–Burks (4,off Montgomery).  SB–Brett (10,2nd base off Smithson/Cerone).  CS–Greenwell (5,2nd base by Montgomery/Quirk).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–3:19.  A–35,412.
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