Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
August 29, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1988 at Royals 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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Cleveland Indians 3, Kansas City Royals 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Franco 2b 5 0 1 0
Francona dh 4 1 2 0
Carter cf 5 1 1 0
Hall rf 4 1 1 2
Snyder lf 4 0 2 0
Upshaw 1b 4 0 2 1
Jacoby 3b 3 0 1 0
Allanson c 4 0 0 0
Zuvella ss 4 0 2 0
Yett p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 12 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 1 0 0
Stillwell ss 3 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 4 1 2 1
Brett 1b 4 0 2 0
Tabler dh 4 1 0 1
Tartabull rf 3 3 2 2
White 2b 4 0 0 1
Jackson lf 1 0 0 0
Quirk c 3 0 1 1
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 7 6
Cleveland 300 000 0003121
Kansas City 000 010 14x670
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Yett   7.0 4 3 2 4 1
  Bailes  L (8-12) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Gordon   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
6
5
4
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  W (13-13) 8.0 11 3 3 2 4
  Farr  SV (16) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
2
5

  E–Carter (6).  DP–Cleveland 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Cleveland Carter (29,off Saberhagen); Hall (29,off Saberhagen); Upshaw (21,off Saberhagen), Kansas City Tartabull (33,off Yett).  HR–Kansas City Tartabull (20,8th inning off Gordon 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Stillwell (6,off Bailes).  WP–Yett (3).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:38.  A–29,002.
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