Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
September 2, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1988 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 3, Minnesota Twins 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 1 2 1
Seitzer 3b 3 1 2 0
Brett 1b 3 0 1 1
Tabler dh 4 0 1 1
Tartabull rf 4 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Jackson lf 4 0 0 0
Pecota ss 2 1 1 0
  Stillwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Wellman ss 0 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
Owen c 2 0 1 0
  Quirk ph,c 1 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 10 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 2 3 1
Herr 2b 4 0 0 1
Puckett cf 4 2 1 1
Larkin 1b 2 0 1 1
Hrbek dh 4 0 1 1
Harper c 4 0 0 0
Christensen rf 2 0 0 0
  Bush ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Moses rf 1 0 1 0
Gagne ss 4 0 0 0
Newman 3b 3 2 1 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 5
Kansas City 001 002 0003103
Minnesota 103 010 10x680
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (9-12) 5.0 5 5 4 2 7
  Montgomery   1.2 1 1 0 1 2
  Gleaton   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
4
3
10
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  W (13-8) 5.1 9 3 3 0 4
  Atherton   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Reardon  SV (34) 1.2 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
1
8

  E–Seitzer 2 (20), Brett (10).  DP–Kansas City 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Kansas City Seitzer (27,off Anderson), Minnesota Larkin (26,off Bannister).  3B–Minnesota Gladden (5,off Bannister); Moses (3,off Gleaton).  HR–Minnesota Puckett (22,5th inning off Bannister 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Seitzer (3,off Atherton).  SF–Wilson (3,off Anderson).  CS–Tartabull (5,2nd base by Anderson/Harper).  SB–Gladden (23,2nd base off Bannister/L Owen); Newman 2 (9,2nd base off Bannister/L Owen,2nd base off Montgomery/Quirk).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:52.  A–36,291.
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