New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
June 23, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1989 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Yankees 0, Kansas City Royals 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 0 0 0
Sax 2b 4 0 1 0
Mattingly 1b 4 0 1 0
Hall dh 4 0 2 0
Pagliarulo 3b 3 0 0 0
Barfield rf 4 0 1 0
Slaught c 3 0 2 0
Espinoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Phelps ph 1 0 0 0
  Tolleson ss 0 0 0 0
  Balboni ph 1 0 0 0
Kelly cf 3 0 1 0
Eiland p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 8 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 3 1 2 1
Seitzer 3b 4 0 0 0
Brett dh 3 0 0 1
Jackson lf 4 0 1 0
Eisenreich cf,rf 3 1 2 0
Buckner 1b 3 0 0 0
  Pecota 1b 0 0 0 0
Winters rf 3 0 1 1
  Wilson cf 0 0 0 0
Boone c 3 1 1 0
White 2b 3 0 1 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 8 3
New York 000 000 000–081
Kansas City 020 000 01x–380
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Eiland  L (1-1) 7.0 8 3 2 1 2
  Plunk   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
3
2
1
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza  W (7-5) 9.0 8 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
2
5
  E–Plunk (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  SF–Brett (3,off Plunk).  CS–Kelly (6,2nd base by Gubicza/Boone); Jackson (5,2nd base by Eiland/Slaught).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:19.  A–39,037.
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