Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
August 16, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1988 at Royals Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, Kansas City Royals 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 5 2 3 1
Fletcher ss 4 1 2 1
Sierra rf 4 0 1 1
O'Brien 1b 4 0 0 0
Petralli c 3 0 1 1
Espy lf 4 1 1 0
See dh 4 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 4 0 0 0
Wilkerson 2b 4 1 2 1
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 1
Stillwell ss 3 0 0 0
Brett 1b 5 0 1 0
Tabler dh 3 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 3 1 0 0
White 2b 3 0 0 1
Jackson lf 4 2 2 0
Quirk c 3 1 1 0
Pecota 3b 2 0 1 2
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Texas 200 000 3005100
Kansas City 030 001 000460
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (10-13) 8.2 6 4 4 7 8
  Williams  SV (15) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
7
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza  L (14-7) 8.0 10 5 5 0 6
  Farr   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
0
6

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1.  PB–Petralli 2 (18).  2B–Texas McDowell (8,off Gubicza).  3B–Texas Wilkerson (5,off Gubicza); Fletcher (2,off Gubicza), Kansas City Pecota (2,off Hough).  SF–Petralli (2,off Gubicza); White (5,off Hough).  SB–Espy (20,2nd base off Gubicza/Quirk); Tartabull (8,2nd base off Hough/Petralli); Jackson 2 (20,2nd base off Hough/Petralli 2); Tabler (3,2nd base off Hough/Petralli).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–2:51.  A–24,729.
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