Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
September 18, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 2, Oakland Athletics 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Thurman cf 5 0 1 0
Seitzer 3b 4 1 2 0
Brett 1b 5 1 1 1
Tabler rf 0 0 0 0
  Eisenreich rf 3 0 0 0
  Tartabull ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson rf 0 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
de los Santos dh 5 0 1 1
Pecota lf 5 0 2 0
Wellman ss 5 0 1 0
Owen c 3 0 1 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
  Quirk c 0 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 2 10 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 2 1 0
Javier rf 4 0 0 0
Canseco dh 5 1 1 2
Steinbach c 2 0 0 0
Henderson cf 4 0 0 1
Jennings 1b 4 0 1 0
Phillips 3b 4 0 1 0
Weiss ss 4 0 1 0
Gallego 2b 3 0 0 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 5 3
Kansas City 002 000 000 002100
Oakland 200 000 000 01350
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen   9.0 3 2 2 2 9
  Farr  L (5-4) 1.1 2 1 1 3 0
Totals
10.1
5
3
3
5
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young   8.0 8 2 2 2 4
  Cadaret  W (5-2) 3.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
11.0
10
2
2
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Kansas City Brett (41,off Young), Oakland Jennings (6,off Saberhagen); Polonia (10,off Farr).  3B–Kansas City de los Santos (1,off Young).  HR–Oakland Canseco (40,1st inning off Saberhagen 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Tabler (3,by Young); Steinbach (6,by Saberhagen).  SH–Gallego (7,off Saberhagen).  IBB–Steinbach (2,by Farr).  SB–Thurman (3,2nd base off Young/Steinbach).  CS–Phillips (2,2nd base by Farr/L Owen).  HBP–Saberhagen (4,Steinbach); Young (3,Tabler).  IBB–Farr (6,Steinbach).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:05.  A–35,515.
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