Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 7, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1988 at Exhibition Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 5, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Stillwell ss 4 1 1 1
Seitzer 3b 2 0 0 0
  Pecota ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Brett 1b 4 0 0 1
Tabler dh 4 0 1 1
Tartabull rf 4 0 1 0
Jackson lf 4 1 1 1
Quirk c 4 1 2 1
Wellman 2b 3 1 1 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 0 1 0
Gruber 3b 4 0 0 0
Bell lf 3 0 1 0
Fielder dh 2 0 0 0
  Mulliniks ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Barfield rf 4 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 1 0
Lee 2b 4 1 2 1
Ducey cf 3 0 0 0
  Liriano ph 1 0 0 0
Butera c 2 0 0 0
  Whitt ph,c 1 0 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 5 1
Kansas City 001 003 100582
Toronto 001 000 000150
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  W (9-9) 6.0 4 1 1 1 8
  Montgomery   2.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Gleaton   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
13
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  L (5-12) 5.2 5 4 4 0 4
  Bair   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Cerutti   2.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
0
7

  E–Seitzer (14), Brett (9).  2B–Kansas City Quirk (3,off Bair).  HR–Kansas City Quirk (5,3rd inning off Clancy 0 on, 1 out); Jackson (17,7th inning off Bair 0 on, 0 out), Toronto Lee (2,3rd inning off Bannister 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Wellman (1,off Bair).  HBP–Seitzer (5,by Clancy); McGriff (4,by Gleaton).  SB–Wilson (23,2nd base off Clancy/Butera); Tartabull (7,2nd base off Cerutti/Whitt).  BK–Montgomery 2 (5).  HBP–Gleaton (2,McGriff); Clancy (7,Seitzer).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:54.  A–37,304.
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