California Angels vs Kansas City Royals
September 6, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1988 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 2, Kansas City Royals 3

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 4 0 0 0
Ray 2b 3 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 0 0 0
Downing dh 4 0 3 0
Howell 3b,cf 4 0 0 0
Eppard 1b,lf 4 0 1 0
  Ramos pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Brown lf 2 0 0 0
  Joyner ph,1b 2 1 1 0
Boone c 2 0 0 0
  Miller pr,cf 0 0 0 0
  Hendrick ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Bichette cf 2 0 0 0
  McLemore ph 1 0 0 0
  Dorsett c 1 0 1 2
Clark p 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Eisenreich cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 4 0 1 0
Seitzer 3b 4 0 0 0
Brett 1b 4 1 1 0
Tabler lf 3 0 1 0
  Wilson pr,cf 1 1 1 0
Buckner dh 3 0 1 0
  Pecota pr,dh 0 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 1 2
Jackson rf 3 1 2 0
Quirk c 2 0 0 1
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
California 000 000 002260
Kansas City 001 000 002380
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Clark   8.0 5 1 1 0 1
  Minton  L (3-4) 0.1 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.1
8
3
3
1
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza   8.2 6 2 2 3 7
  Farr  W (5-2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
8

  E–None.  2B–California Downing (16,off Gubicza), Kansas City Jackson (15,off Clark); Wilson (17,off Minton).  3B–Kansas City Jackson (2,off Clark).  HBP–Ray (4,by Gubicza).  SF–Quirk (3,off Clark).  IBB–Buckner (2,by Minton).  SB–Schofield (18,2nd base off Gubicza/Quirk); McLemore (11,2nd base off Gubicza/Quirk).  HBP–Gubicza (5,Ray).  IBB–Minton (8,Buckner).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:43.  A–16,645.
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