Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners
September 20, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1988 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners 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 10, Seattle Mariners 11

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 6 2 1 0
Seitzer 3b 3 1 1 0
Brett dh 3 2 0 1
Tartabull rf 4 2 4 5
  Eisenreich rf 0 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 2 1
  Tabler ph 1 0 1 1
  Wellman pr,ss 0 0 0 0
White 2b 5 0 0 0
Jackson lf 5 1 2 1
Pecota ss,1b 5 1 1 0
Owen c 4 1 1 1
  Quirk ph 0 0 0 0
  Thurman pr 0 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 13 10
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cotto cf 4 1 1 0
  Fields ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Reynolds 2b 5 3 2 0
Coles lf 4 2 3 3
Balboni dh 5 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 3 5
  Kingery pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Brantley rf,cf 5 0 1 0
Presley 3b 5 1 2 0
Valle c 5 1 4 1
Quinones ss 5 2 1 1
Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkinson p 0 0 0 0
  Swift p 0 0 0 0
  Walter p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Scurry p 0 0 0 0
  Schooler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 11 18 11
Kansas City 420 011 11010133
Seattle 200 014 22x11184
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   5.2 12 7 4 1 6
  Montgomery   0.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Gleaton  L (0-4) 1.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Farr   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
18
11
8
2
6
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Taylor   1.0 5 5 4 1 0
  Reed   0.2 1 1 0 1 0
  Wilkinson   2.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Swift   1.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Walter   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   1.2 1 2 1 1 2
  Scurry   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Schooler  W (5-7) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
10
7
5
4

  E–Eisenreich (4), Buckner (1), Pecota (6), Reynolds (16), Presley (22), Valle (4), Quinones (19).  DP–Kansas City 1.  PB–Valle (4).  2B–Kansas City Pecota (3,off Taylor); Tartabull (36,off Wilkinson); Buckner (14,off Wilkinson), Seattle Cotto (18,off Leibrandt); Reynolds (26,off Leibrandt); Davis (22,off Leibrandt); Valle (15,off Montgomery).  HR–Kansas City Tartabull (23,1st inning off Taylor 3 on, 0 out); L Owen (1,6th inning off Swift 0 on, 0 out); Jackson (23,7th inning off Jackson 0 on, 1 out), Seattle Coles (10,8th inning off Gleaton 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Brett (7,off Reed).  IBB–Tartabull (4,by Jackson).  SB–Wilson (32,2nd base off Reed/Valle); Buckner (4,3rd base off Swift/Valle).  CS–Buckner (1,2nd base by Taylor/Valle).  WP–Leibrandt 2 (10).  BK–Montgomery (6), Reed 2 (7).  IBB–Jackson (10,Tartabull).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:39.  A–6,916.
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