Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
May 30, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1989 at Royals Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 7, Kansas City Royals 1

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 5 1 3 2
  Newman 2b 0 0 0 0
Gagne ss 5 0 1 0
Puckett cf 5 0 3 0
Gaetti 3b 3 1 1 0
Castillo rf 4 1 1 0
  Bush ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Harper dh 1 1 1 2
  Dwyer ph,dh 3 0 3 1
Larkin 1b 5 1 1 0
Mercado c 4 1 0 0
Moses lf 5 1 1 1
Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 15 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Eisenreich cf 4 0 1 0
Stillwell ss 4 0 1 0
Seitzer 3b 4 0 1 0
Jackson lf 4 0 0 0
Tabler dh 4 0 1 0
Tartabull rf 3 1 2 1
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 1 0
  Wellman 2b 0 0 0 0
  Winters ph 1 0 1 0
Palacios c 3 0 0 0
  Macfarlane ph 1 0 0 0
Clarke p 0 0 0 0
  Aquino p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
Minnesota 070 000 0007150
Kansas City 000 001 000180
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W (4-2) 9.0 8 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Clarke  L (0-1) 1.0 6 7 7 2 0
  Aquino   4.0 4 0 0 1 4
  Montgomery   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Farr   2.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Minnesota Castillo (6,off Clarke); Larkin (12,off Clarke); Backman (4,off Clarke); Puckett (20,off Montgomery), Kansas City Eisenreich (11,off Smith); Winters (1,off Smith).  HR–Kansas City Tartabull (6,6th inning off Smith 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Gaetti (1,by Aquino).  WP–Clarke (1).  HBP–Aquino (2,Gaetti).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:34.  A–24,603.
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