Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
May 9, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1989 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 1, Kansas City Royals 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
McDowell lf 4 0 0 0
Browne 2b 4 0 0 0
Carter cf 4 0 3 0
Snyder rf 4 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 3 1 1 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 1 0
Clark dh 1 0 0 1
Allanson c 3 0 0 0
Fermin ss 3 0 0 0
Candiotti p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 1 1 0
Seitzer 3b 3 0 2 0
de los Santos 1b 4 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 3 0 0 1
Eisenreich dh 2 1 1 0
  Tabler ph,dh 0 0 0 1
Jackson lf 4 0 1 0
Boone c 2 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 0 0 0 1
  Palacios c 0 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 3 1 1 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 6 3
Cleveland 000 010 000150
Kansas City 000 000 12x360
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti  L (3-2) 7.1 6 3 3 3 1
  Orosco   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Atherton   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
3
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  W (3-3) 9.0 5 1 1 2 7
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Cleveland Carter (5,off Saberhagen).  SF–Clark (1,off Saberhagen); Buckner (1,off Candiotti); Tabler (1,off Orosco).  SH–Wilson (3,off Candiotti).  IBB–Seitzer (2,by Candiotti).  WP–Candiotti (1), Saberhagen (1).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–2:21.  A–22,634.
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