Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners
June 5, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1989 at Kingdome. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 5, Seattle Mariners 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 5 1 3 0
Seitzer 3b,1b 6 0 1 0
Eisenreich cf 6 0 0 0
Jackson lf 6 0 1 0
Tartabull rf 6 1 1 0
Tabler 1b 3 1 0 0
  Palacios 1b 0 0 0 0
  Buckner ph,1b 2 0 2 0
  Wellman pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Winters dh 6 0 1 1
White 2b 5 1 2 0
Boone c 5 0 3 2
  Thurman pr 0 0 0 0
  Macfarlane c 1 0 1 1
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 5 15 4
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Reynolds 2b 6 1 2 1
Cotto lf 3 0 1 0
  Bradley ph,c 3 0 2 1
Coles 1b 5 0 1 0
Leonard dh 6 0 1 0
Presley 3b 5 0 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 5 0 0 0
Buhner rf 4 2 1 1
Vizquel ss 2 0 0 0
  Diaz ph,ss 1 0 1 0
  Briley ph,lf 2 0 0 0
McGuire c 2 0 0 0
  Cochrane ph,lf,ss 2 0 1 0
Holman p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
  Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Schooler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 3 11 3
Kansas City 120 000 000 000 25150
Seattle 000 000 021 000 03111
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister   7.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Montgomery   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Farr   2.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Gordon  W (6-2) 3.0 1 0 0 0 6
Totals
13.0
11
3
3
3
12
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Holman   8.0 8 3 3 2 4
  Reed   2.1 1 0 0 0 5
  Powell   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Niedenfuer  L (0-2) 1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Trout   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Schooler   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
13.0
15
5
5
4
11

  E–Niedenfuer (1).  DP–Kansas City 2, Seattle 2.  2B–Kansas City White 2 (10,off Holman,off Reed); Stillwell (8,off Holman), Seattle Coles (8,off Bannister); Bradley 2 (6,off Montgomery,off Farr).  HR–Seattle Buhner (1,9th inning off Farr 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Stillwell (1,off Niedenfuer); White (2,off Schooler).  IBB–Eisenreich (3,by Niedenfuer).  SB–Jackson (16,2nd base off Holman/McGuire); Thurman (6,2nd base off Niedenfuer/Bradley); Reynolds (11,2nd base off Montgomery/Boone).  CS–Cochrane (2,2nd base by Farr/Boone).  WP–Montgomery (1).  IBB–Niedenfuer (4,Eisenreich).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–3:55.  A–17,429.
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