Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
September 17, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 2, Oakland Athletics 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Thurman cf 4 0 1 0
Seitzer 3b 4 1 1 0
Brett 1b 4 0 2 1
Tabler dh 4 0 1 0
Tartabull rf 1 0 0 0
  Eisenreich rf,lf 1 1 1 0
Jackson lf 2 0 0 0
  White ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Pecota ss,rf 3 0 0 0
Wellman 2b 2 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 0 0 0 1
  Quirk c 0 0 0 0
Owen L. c 2 0 0 0
  de los Santos ph 0 0 0 0
  Owen D. ss 0 0 0 0
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 7 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 3 0 2 1
  Henderson ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Javier cf,lf 3 0 0 0
Canseco rf 3 0 1 0
Parker dh 4 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 1 1 1 0
  Jennings ph,1b 2 0 0 0
  Gallego 2b 1 0 0 0
Hassey c 2 0 0 0
Steinbach 3b,1b 3 1 2 2
Phillips 2b,3b 3 0 0 0
Weiss ss 2 1 0 0
Otto p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 7 3
Kansas City 000 001 100271
Oakland 030 000 00x370
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon  L (0-1) 6.0 5 3 3 4 6
  Sanchez   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
4
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Otto   3.0 3 0 0 1 2
  Plunk  W (7-2) 3.1 4 2 2 0 4
  Honeycutt   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Eckersley  SV (41) 2.0 0 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
10

  E–Wellman (4).  DP–Kansas City 1, Oakland 2.  3B–Kansas City Seitzer (5,off Plunk).  HR–Oakland Steinbach (8,2nd inning off Gordon 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Pecota (5,off Plunk).  SF–Buckner (5,off Honeycutt).  CS–Eisenreich (3,2nd base by Eckersley/Hassey); Canseco (14,2nd base by Gordon/L Owen); Polonia (9,2nd base by Gordon/L Owen).  SB–Javier (20,2nd base off Gordon/L Owen); Weiss (3,2nd base off Gordon/L Owen); Polonia (21,2nd base off Gordon/L Owen).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:45.  A–43,875.
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