Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 15, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1989 at Exhibition 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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Kansas City Royals 10, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Thurman cf 4 2 2 0
Seitzer 3b 5 1 1 1
Brett 1b 2 1 0 0
Tartabull dh 4 1 2 3
Tabler rf 3 1 3 1
  Pecota ss 1 0 0 0
Jackson lf 5 2 3 3
Boone c 5 1 1 0
White 2b 4 0 1 1
Wellman ss 2 0 0 0
  Eisenreich ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Aquino p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 14 9
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Moseby cf 4 1 3 0
Gruber 3b 3 1 1 0
Mulliniks dh 3 1 1 1
Bell lf 4 1 3 2
McGriff 1b 3 1 0 0
Barfield rf 4 0 0 0
Whitt c 4 0 1 0
Liriano 2b 3 0 1 2
Lee ss 3 0 0 0
  Ducey ph 1 0 0 0
Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Kansas City 020 010 30410140
Toronto 500 000 0005100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen   0.2 5 5 5 1 1
  Aquino  W (2-0) 6.1 3 0 0 3 0
  Montgomery   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Farr   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
3
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Cerutti   5.2 6 3 3 1 1
  Ward  L (0-2) 1.0 4 3 3 1 1
  Wells   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Stottlemyre   2.1 4 4 4 3 2
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
6
4

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2, Toronto 1.  2B–Kansas City Jackson (3,off Cerutti); Tartabull (3,off Stottlemyre), Toronto Bell (3,off Saberhagen); Liriano (1,off Saberhagen).  HR–Kansas City Jackson (3,2nd inning off Cerutti 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Brett 2 (3,by Wells,by Stottlemyre).  SB–Eisenreich 2 (2,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Whitt,3rd base off Stottlemyre/Whitt); Thurman (1,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Whitt).  CS–Wellman (1,2nd base by Cerutti/Whitt); Gruber (2,2nd base by Aquino/Boone); Bell (1,2nd base by Montgomery/Boone).  WP–Aquino (2), Cerutti (1), Wells (2).  IBB–Wells (1,Brett); Stottlemyre (2,Brett).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:47.  A–25,247.
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