Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
September 27, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1988 at Royals Stadium. 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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Seattle Mariners 10, Kansas City Royals 3

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Brantley cf,lf 5 2 2 0
Reynolds 2b 4 2 1 0
Coles lf 4 3 4 3
  Cotto cf 0 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 1 3
Balboni dh 4 1 2 2
Martinez 3b 4 0 1 2
Valle c 4 0 1 0
Buhner rf 5 0 1 0
Quinones ss 4 2 0 0
Hanson p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 13 10
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
  Thurman cf 0 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 3 1 2 1
Brett 1b 3 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 4 1 3 2
  Pecota pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Buckner dh 2 0 1 0
  Hearn ph,dh 1 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
  Owen ss 0 0 0 0
Jackson lf 2 0 0 0
  Eisenreich lf 2 0 0 0
Wellman ss,2b 3 0 1 0
Palacios c 4 1 0 0
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  DeJesus p 0 0 0 0
  Aquino p 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Seattle 004 024 00010130
Kansas City 110 001 000391
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Hanson  W (2-2) 6.0 6 3 3 4 4
  Jackson  SV (4) 3.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon  L (0-2) 4.1 8 6 6 3 4
  DeJesus   0.2 2 4 3 2 1
  Aquino   3.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Lee   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
10
9
6
6

  E–Seitzer (24).  DP–Seattle 2, Kansas City 2.  2B–Seattle Davis (23,off Gordon); Balboni (14,off Gordon); Coles (10,off DeJesus), Kansas City Tartabull (38,off Hanson); White (24,off Hanson).  HR–Kansas City Tartabull (25,6th inning off Hanson 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Martinez (1,off Aquino).  IBB–Davis (12,by DeJesus); Buckner (5,by Hanson).  SB–Buhner (1,2nd base off Gordon/Palacios).  IBB–Hanson (1,Buckner); DeJesus (1,Davis).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:58.  A–17,463.
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