Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
April 18, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1989 at Memorial Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 7, Baltimore Orioles 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Thurman cf 5 0 1 1
  Buckner ph 1 0 1 0
  Pecota pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 6 0 2 2
Brett 1b 5 1 1 0
Tabler dh 3 1 1 0
  Wilson pr,dh 2 0 0 0
Eisenreich rf,cf 6 1 1 3
Jackson lf 6 0 1 0
Boone c 5 0 1 0
  Saberhagen pr 0 1 0 0
  Macfarlane c 0 0 0 0
White 2b 6 2 2 0
Stillwell ss 4 0 0 0
  Tartabull ph 0 0 0 0
  Wellman pr,ss 1 1 1 1
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 7 12 7
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 2 1 0
Bradley lf 6 0 2 1
Orsulak rf 6 1 0 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 6 0 4 1
Sheets dh 5 0 0 0
Traber 1b 6 1 1 0
Melvin c 6 0 2 1
Worthington 3b 5 0 0 0
Gonzales 2b 3 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
  Ripken 2b 0 0 0 0
Milacki p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
  Hickey p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 4 10 4
Kansas City 300 000 100 000 37122
Baltimore 100 120 000 000 04100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza   8.1 9 4 3 0 8
  Gordon  W (2-0) 3.2 1 0 0 3 3
  Farr  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
13.0
10
4
3
3
12
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Milacki   9.0 6 4 4 4 2
  Olson   1.2 2 0 0 3 1
  Hickey   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Williamson  L (0-1) 2.0 4 3 3 1 1
Totals
13.0
12
7
7
8
4

  E–Jackson (1), Boone (1).  2B–Kansas City White (4,off Milacki); Seitzer (2,off Williamson), Baltimore Traber (1,off Gubicza); C Ripken 2 (3,off Gubicza,off Gordon).  HR–Kansas City Eisenreich (1,1st inning off Milacki 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Pecota (1,off Williamson); Worthington (2,off Gubicza).  IBB–Eisenreich (1,by Olson); Brett (4,by Williamson); Anderson (1,by Gordon); Sheets (1,by Gordon).  SB–Jackson (4,2nd base off Milacki/Melvin); Wilson (4,2nd base off Olson/Melvin); Anderson (5,2nd base off Gubicza/Boone); Bradley (1,2nd base off Gubicza/Boone).  WP–Olson (3).  IBB–Gordon 2 (2,Anderson,Sheets); Olson (2,Eisenreich); Williamson (1,Brett).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–4:17.  A–13,408.
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