Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
May 24, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1989 at Arlington Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 6, Texas Rangers 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 5 1 1 0
Seitzer 3b 4 1 0 0
Jackson lf 3 2 1 1
  Thurman pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Tabler 1b 2 0 1 0
  de los Santos 1b 0 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 4 1 1 2
Macfarlane dh 3 0 0 0
  Eisenreich ph,dh 1 0 1 0
White 2b 4 1 3 1
Boone c 4 0 1 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Espy cf 5 2 1 0
Fletcher ss 5 0 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 3 1
Sierra rf 4 1 1 1
Franco 2b 4 0 2 2
Petralli c 3 0 0 0
  Sundberg c 1 0 0 0
Leach lf 4 0 1 0
Stone dh 2 0 0 0
  Bell ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 4 0 1 0
Moyer p 0 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Mielke p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Kansas City 001 320 000691
Texas 201 000 1004101
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  W (4-4) 6.2 10 4 3 1 4
  Gordon  SV (1) 2.1 0 0 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
1
10
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Moyer  L (3-4) 3.2 4 4 4 3 2
  McMurtry   2.1 4 2 0 0 1
  Mielke   1.2 1 0 0 1 3
  Guante   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
6
4
4
8

  E–Tabler (1), Franco (3).  DP–Texas 1.  PB–Petralli (6).  2B–Kansas City White (8,off Moyer), Texas Franco (8,off Saberhagen); Sierra (14,off Saberhagen).  HR–Kansas City Jackson (12,5th inning off McMurtry 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Tartabull (4,2nd base off Moyer/Petralli); Stillwell (2,2nd base off McMurtry/Petralli); Thurman (5,2nd base off Mielke/Sundberg); Sierra (2,2nd base off Saberhagen/Boone).  CS–Buechele (2,2nd base by Saberhagen/Boone).  WP–Moyer (1).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–3:17.  A–18,905.
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