Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
August 20, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1988 at Cleveland Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, Cleveland Indians 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 4 1 1 0
Brett dh 4 2 3 0
Tabler 1b 3 0 1 2
  Wellman 3b 0 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 2 0 1 1
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Jackson lf 1 0 0 0
  Eisenreich lf 3 1 2 0
Pecota 3b,1b 3 0 0 0
Owen c 2 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 1 1
  Quirk pr,c 1 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Franco 2b 4 1 2 0
Upshaw 1b 3 0 0 0
Carter cf 5 0 2 1
Snyder rf 4 0 0 0
Kittle dh 4 1 1 1
Jacoby 3b 4 0 0 0
Castillo lf 4 0 0 0
Allanson c 3 0 2 0
  Francona ph 1 0 0 0
Zuvella ss 2 0 2 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Kansas City 000 001 120491
Cleveland 001 100 000291
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  W (8-11) 7.0 8 2 1 3 6
  Montgomery   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Farr  SV (15) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
1
4
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Swindell  L (13-12) 7.1 9 4 4 2 8
  Gordon   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
10

  E–Tabler (4), Allanson (8).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Tabler (18,off Swindell); Buckner (11,off Swindell); Brett (36,off Swindell).  HR–Cleveland Kittle (16,4th inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Tabler (5,off Swindell); Tartabull (5,off Gordon).  SB–Eisenreich (8,2nd base off Swindell/Allanson); Franco (19,2nd base off Leibrandt/L Owen).  CS–Brett (3,2nd base by Swindell/Allanson).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–2:51.  A–17,047.
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