Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
June 15, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1989 at Cleveland Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Indians 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 5 0 1 0
Seitzer 3b 4 0 0 0
Brett dh 4 2 2 0
Jackson lf 5 2 3 0
Eisenreich cf 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 2 3
  Pecota pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Winters rf 2 0 1 1
  Palacios pr,1b 0 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
  Tabler ph 1 0 0 1
  Wellman 2b 0 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 1 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 4 1 1 0
McDowell lf 3 1 0 0
Carter cf 5 1 2 1
O'Brien 1b 3 0 1 1
Snyder rf 5 0 1 0
Salas dh 4 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 3 0 0 0
Allanson c 3 0 1 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Skinner c 0 0 0 0
Fermin ss 4 1 1 0
Farrell p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 2
Kansas City 000 101 0305111
Cleveland 220 000 000480
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  W (6-4) 7.0 7 4 3 4 4
  Montgomery   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Farr  SV (15) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
7
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Farrell   7.0 6 3 3 3 3
  Jones  L (2-3) 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Orosco   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
5

  E–Seitzer (6).  DP–Cleveland 1.  PB–Macfarlane 2 (2).  2B–Kansas City Eisenreich (12,off Farrell); Buckner (3,off Jones), Cleveland Carter (14,off Saberhagen); Snyder (9,off Saberhagen).  SF–Winters (1,off Farrell).  IBB–Jacoby (3,by Saberhagen); Browne (2,by Montgomery).  SB–Jackson (20,2nd base off Farrell/Allanson).  WP–Saberhagen (2), Farrell (1).  IBB–Saberhagen (4,Jacoby); Montgomery (2,Browne).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:54.  A–3,661.
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