Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
August 12, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1988 at Royals Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 3, Kansas City Royals 2

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 1 2 1
Lee 3b,2b 4 0 0 1
Fielder dh 4 0 0 0
Bell lf 3 0 1 0
  Thornton lf 0 0 0 0
Barfield rf 3 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 3 1 0 0
Butera c 4 0 0 0
Liriano 2b 4 0 2 1
  Gruber 3b 0 0 0 0
Ducey cf 3 1 1 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 5 0 1 0
Seitzer 3b 3 0 1 0
Brett dh 4 0 0 0
Tabler lf 4 0 1 0
Tartabull rf 4 1 0 0
White 2b 3 1 2 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 3 0
  Pecota pr 0 0 0 0
Eisenreich cf 4 0 0 0
Quirk c 3 0 1 2
  Wellman pr 0 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Toronto 002 100 000360
Kansas City 000 000 002290
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  W (6-12) 8.1 7 2 2 2 7
  Henke  SV (23) 0.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (9-10) 9.0 6 3 3 3 10
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
10

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Seitzer (25,off Clancy).  3B–Toronto Fernandez (2,off Bannister).  HBP–White (3,by Clancy).  SB–McGriff (2,2nd base off Bannister/Quirk); Liriano (8,2nd base off Bannister/Quirk).  HBP–Clancy (8,White).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:38.  A–31,858.
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