Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
May 26, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1989 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Kansas City Royals 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 0 1 0
Lemon rf 4 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 3 1 2 0
Trammell ss 3 1 1 1
Moreland 1b 4 1 3 1
  Sheridan pr 0 0 0 0
  Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0
Ward dh 4 0 2 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 1
Heath c 4 0 0 0
Schu 3b 4 0 2 0
Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 12 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 2 0 0 0
  Thurman cf 1 1 0 0
  Macfarlane ph,c 1 1 1 1
Stillwell ss 2 1 0 0
Seitzer 3b 4 0 1 2
Jackson lf 4 0 1 2
Tabler dh 4 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 3 0 1 0
de los Santos 1b 3 1 1 0
  Wellman ph,2b 1 0 0 0
White 2b 2 0 0 0
  Eisenreich ph,cf 0 1 0 0
Boone c 3 0 2 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 1 1
  Palacios pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Aquino p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 6
Detroit 201 000 0003120
Kansas City 000 020 04x680
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson   6.1 4 2 2 7 6
  Henneman  L (2-1) 1.1 3 4 4 2 0
  Hernandez   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
10
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister   3.0 9 3 3 1 1
  Aquino   4.1 1 0 0 1 3
  Montgomery  W (6-1) 0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Farr  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Detroit Moreland (8,off Bannister); Schu (2,off Bannister), Kansas City de los Santos (2,off Gibson).  SB–Whitaker (3,2nd base off Bannister/Boone); Seitzer (5,2nd base off Gibson/Heath).  CS–Trammell (1,2nd base by Bannister/Boone); Whitaker (2,2nd base by Montgomery/Boone).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:15.  A–27,728.
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