California Angels vs Kansas City Royals
September 5, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1988 at Royals Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 4, Kansas City Royals 2

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Ramos 3b 5 0 1 0
  Howell 3b 0 0 0 0
Ray 2b 5 0 1 1
  Fraser p 0 0 0 0
  Harvey p 0 0 0 0
Downing dh 3 1 1 0
  McLemore pr,dh,2b 1 1 0 0
Joyner 1b 4 1 1 1
Davis cf,rf 4 0 0 0
  White cf 0 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 3 0 2 1
  Miller pr 0 0 0 0
  Bichette cf,rf 1 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 0 1 0
Boone c 4 1 3 0
Schofield ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 3 1 2 0
Brett 1b 4 0 0 0
Tabler dh 4 0 2 1
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Eisenreich lf 4 0 1 0
Jackson rf 4 0 2 0
Quirk c 3 1 2 0
  Wellman pr 0 0 0 0
Pecota ss 3 0 1 1
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
California 000 100 0214101
Kansas City 110 000 0002101
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Fraser  W (11-10) 8.1 10 2 2 2 5
  Harvey  SV (15) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
2
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  L (10-12) 8.0 7 3 2 2 2
  Montgomery   0.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Gleaton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
2
3

  E–Boone (4), Jackson (6).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–California Joyner (30,off Leibrandt); Brown (2,off Montgomery), Kansas City Tabler (21,off Fraser); Jackson (14,off Fraser); Eisenreich (7,off Fraser).  3B–Kansas City Pecota (3,off Fraser).  SH–Brown (1,off Leibrandt).  SB–Seitzer (8,2nd base off Fraser/Boone); Jackson (24,2nd base off Fraser/Boone).  CS–Jackson (5,3rd base by Fraser/Boone); Quirk (5,2nd base by Fraser/Boone).  WP–Fraser (10).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:51.  A–25,855.
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