Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
May 20, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1989 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 1, Detroit Tigers 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 1 1 0
Seitzer 3b 2 0 1 0
  Palacios pr,3b 0 0 0 0
de los Santos 1b 4 0 1 0
  Buckner ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 3 0 0 1
Tabler dh 4 0 0 0
Jackson lf 4 0 2 0
Boone c 4 0 1 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
Wellman ss 3 0 1 0
  Stillwell ph,ss 1 0 1 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 1 1 0
Lemon rf 4 0 2 1
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 1 1 1
Moreland 1b 3 0 1 0
Ward dh 2 0 0 0
  Lynn ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Heath c 3 0 0 0
Williams lf 2 0 1 0
  Sheridan ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Pedrique 3b 3 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Kansas City 001 000 000181
Detroit 000 001 001260
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister   5.1 5 1 1 1 1
  Gordon  L (4-2) 2.2 1 1 1 1 3
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
2
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   7.0 7 1 1 5 6
  Henneman  W (2-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
6
7

  E–Jackson (2).  DP–Kansas City 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Kansas City Wilson (4,off Tanana); Stillwell (5,off Henneman).  HR–Detroit Trammell (2,9th inning off Gordon 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Wilson (4,off Henneman).  HBP–Seitzer (1,by Tanana).  SB–Seitzer (4,2nd base off Tanana/Heath); Wilson (10,3rd base off Tanana/Heath); Jackson (14,2nd base off Tanana/Heath); Pettis (4,2nd base off Bannister/Boone).  CS–Jackson (3,3rd base by Tanana/Heath).  WP–Tanana (5).  HBP–Tanana (2,Seitzer).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:49.  A–21,287.
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