Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
April 6, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 6, 1989 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 2, Kansas City Royals 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Moseby cf 5 0 1 0
Gruber 3b 5 0 3 0
Fernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 1 1 0
McGriff 1b 4 1 2 0
Barfield rf 4 0 1 1
Whitt c 4 0 1 1
Mulliniks dh 4 0 0 0
Lee 2b 2 0 0 0
  Liriano ph 1 0 1 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 10 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 2 1 0 0
Seitzer 3b 1 0 0 0
Brett 1b 2 0 0 1
Tartabull rf 2 0 1 0
Tabler dh 2 0 0 0
  Eisenreich pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Jackson lf 3 1 0 0
Boone c 3 0 2 0
  Palacios pr,c 0 0 0 0
White 2b 2 1 1 0
  Stillwell ph,ss 0 0 0 1
Pecota ss 1 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
  Wellman 2b 0 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 20 3 4 2
Toronto 000 101 0002101
Kansas City 000 001 11x341
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan   5.2 3 1 1 4 0
  Ward  L (0-1) 1.1 1 2 1 2 1
  Castillo   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Stottlemyre   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
4
3
2
8
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen   6.0 8 2 2 1 5
  Montgomery  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Farr  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
1
9

  E–Whitt (1), Seitzer (1).  DP–Toronto 3.  2B–Toronto Barfield (2,off Saberhagen).  3B–Toronto Whitt (1,off Saberhagen).  SH–Wilson (1,off Flanagan); Seitzer (1,off Castillo).  SF–Brett (1,off Flanagan); Stillwell (1,off Ward).  IBB–Brett (1,by Castillo).  CS–Gruber (1,2nd base by Saberhagen/Boone); Tartabull (1,2nd base by Flanagan/Whitt).  SB–Jackson (2,2nd base off Ward/Whitt).  IBB–Castillo (1,Brett).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:54.  A–18,883.
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