Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
October 2, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1988 at Royals Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Gallagher rf 5 0 1 0
Johnson cf 5 0 1 0
Baines dh 4 0 0 0
Pasqua lf 3 2 1 1
Diaz 1b 3 0 1 0
  Morman 1b 0 0 0 0
Salas c 4 1 1 0
Lyons 3b 4 2 2 1
Guillen ss 4 0 3 1
Manrique 2b 2 0 1 2
Hillegas p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Thurman cf 5 0 3 0
Seitzer 3b 3 0 0 0
Brett 1b,ss 3 1 1 0
Tartabull rf 3 0 1 0
Eisenreich lf 4 0 1 1
Quirk c 4 0 1 0
Hearn dh 4 0 0 0
Wellman 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
  de los Santos 1b 0 0 0 0
Owen ss 2 0 0 0
  White ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Chicago 020 001 1015110
Kansas City 000 001 000171
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hillegas  W (3-2) 6.0 5 1 1 3 5
  McCarthy  SV (1) 3.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  L (14-16) 7.0 9 4 4 2 5
  Gleaton   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
5

  E–Seitzer (25).  DP–Kansas City 3.  2B–Chicago Lyons (28,off Saberhagen); Salas (7,off Gleaton).  HR–Chicago Pasqua (20,6th inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Manrique (2,off Saberhagen).  SB–Thurman (5,2nd base off Hillegas/Salas).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:41.  A–19,951.
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