Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
July 28, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1988 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Kansas City Royals 1, Detroit Tigers 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 3 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 4 0 0 0
Brett dh 2 1 0 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Tartabull rf 3 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 3 0 0 1
Jackson lf 3 0 0 0
Owen c 1 0 0 0
  Quirk ph,c 1 0 0 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Power p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 1 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 5 0 0 0
  Walewander 2b 0 0 0 0
Sheridan lf 5 0 1 1
Trammell ss 4 2 1 0
Bergman 1b 3 1 2 0
  Knight ph,1b 1 1 0 0
Lemon rf 3 0 1 2
Evans dh 3 1 1 0
Brookens 3b 4 2 3 2
Nokes c 4 0 2 2
Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
Kansas City 000 100 000112
Detroit 021 120 10x7120
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  L (2-1) 3.2 8 4 4 2 0
  Power   2.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Gleaton   1.0 1 1 0 0 2
  Farr   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
7
6
2
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  W (12-4) 9.0 1 1 1 3 3
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
3
3

  E–Seitzer 2 (13).  3B–Detroit Brookens (3,off Power).  HBP–L Owen (1,by Robinson).  IBB–Brett (10,by Robinson).  SF–Lemon (2,off Anderson).  WP–Robinson (6).  HBP–Robinson (3,L Owen).  IBB–Robinson (4,Brett).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:22.  A–27,781.
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