Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
August 23, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1988 at Arlington Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 11, Texas Rangers 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 1 1
Stillwell ss 4 1 0 0
Seitzer 3b 4 2 1 1
Brett 1b 4 3 2 1
Tabler lf 4 0 1 2
  Eisenreich pr,lf 0 0 0 0
White 2b 2 0 0 0
  Wellman 2b 1 1 1 2
Buckner dh 4 1 0 0
Jackson rf 4 1 1 1
Quirk c 3 0 1 0
  Tartabull ph 1 1 1 2
  Owen c 0 0 0 0
Aquino p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 9 10
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 1 0 0
Fletcher ss 5 0 1 1
O'Brien 1b 5 0 2 1
Sierra rf 5 1 3 0
Petralli c 3 2 2 1
  Sundberg c 1 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Garbey ph 1 0 0 0
Incaviglia dh 0 1 0 0
  Stanley ph,dh,c 2 0 2 1
Espy lf 3 1 1 2
  Brower pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 1 1
Wilkerson 2b 4 1 1 0
Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Kansas City 000 200 1081191
Texas 041 020 0007130
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Aquino   2.0 7 5 5 1 4
  Sanchez   3.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Gleaton   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Farr  W (4-2) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
3
8
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Russell   8.0 5 3 3 0 2
  Williams   0.1 1 3 3 2 0
  Mohorcic  L (2-6) 0.1 2 4 4 2 1
  Hoffman   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  McMurtry   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
11
11
6
3

  E–Quirk (4).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Tabler (19,off Russell); Quirk (6,off Russell).  3B–Texas Espy (5,off Aquino).  HR–Kansas City Jackson (20,7th inning off Russell 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–White (4,by Russell); Incaviglia (7,by Aquino).  SB–Incaviglia (6,2nd base off Aquino/Quirk); Sierra (13,2nd base off Sanchez/Quirk).  CS–Espy (7,2nd base by Sanchez/Quirk).  WP–McMurtry (2).  HBP–Aquino (1,Incaviglia); Russell (5,White).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:33.  A–18,051.
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