Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
August 11, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1988 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 5, Kansas City Royals 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 6 0 1 0
Orsulak lf 6 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 6 2 2 0
Murray 1b 6 1 3 2
Sheets rf 5 1 1 0
Kennedy c 3 0 2 1
  Stanicek ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Dwyer dh 2 0 0 0
  Gerhart ph,dh 2 1 0 0
Gonzales 3b 2 0 0 1
  Tettleton ph,c 2 0 1 0
Ripken 2b 3 0 0 0
  Traber ph 1 0 1 1
  Schu pr,3b 1 0 1 0
Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Tibbs p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 5 12 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 7 1 4 1
Seitzer 3b 3 1 2 1
Brett 1b 5 0 1 0
Tabler dh 4 1 1 0
  Wellman pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 3 1 1 4
White 2b 5 0 1 0
Jackson lf,cf 6 1 2 0
Quirk c 3 0 1 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Owen c 1 0 0 0
Capra cf 3 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 0 0 0 0
  Pecota pr,lf 2 1 1 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 6 14 6
Baltimore 000 300 011 0005120
Kansas City 400 000 010 0016142
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan   0.1 2 3 3 1 1
  Tibbs   6.1 4 1 1 6 3
  Aase   2.0 4 1 1 2 0
  Thurmond   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Niedenfuer  L (1-3) 1.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.2
14
6
6
10
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza   7.2 8 4 4 1 3
  Gleaton   1.0 0 1 0 0 1
  Farr   2.1 4 0 0 0 2
  Montgomery  W (5-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
12
5
4
1
6

  E–Seitzer (16), Pecota (4).  DP–Baltimore 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Baltimore Kennedy 2 (8,off Gubicza 2); C Ripken (18,off Gubicza); Murray (16,off Gubicza).  3B–Baltimore Murray (1,off Gubicza).  HR–Kansas City Tartabull (18,1st inning off Tibbs 3 on, 1 out).  SF–Gonzales (2,off Gubicza); Seitzer (2,off Niedenfuer).  IBB–Dwyer (2,by Gubicza); Buckner (1,by Aase).  SH–Quirk (3,off Aase).  CS–Jackson (4,2nd base by Niedenfuer/Tettleton).  IBB–Aase (4,Buckner); Gubicza (3,Dwyer).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–4:21.  A–33,920.
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