New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
June 24, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1989 at Royals Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 12, Kansas City Royals 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 1 1 2
Sax 2b 4 1 1 0
Mattingly 1b 5 1 3 0
Hall dh 5 3 1 4
Pagliarulo 3b 3 1 1 1
Barfield rf 4 2 2 1
Slaught c 4 1 1 0
Espinoza ss 4 2 2 2
Kelly cf 4 0 1 2
LaPoint p 0 0 0 0
  McCullers p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 12 13 12
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 5 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 3 2 1 0
Brett 1b 5 1 2 1
  Pecota 1b 0 0 0 0
Jackson lf 2 0 0 0
  Winters rf 3 1 1 2
Eisenreich rf,lf 5 0 1 0
Tabler dh 5 1 3 1
Boone c 2 0 1 0
  Macfarlane ph,c 2 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 2 0
  Wellman 2b 0 0 0 0
Wilson cf 3 0 1 1
Appier p 0 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 13 5
New York 610 040 10012130
Kansas City 100 040 0005131
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
LaPoint   4.1 9 5 5 2 0
  McCullers  W (3-2) 3.2 3 0 0 1 4
  Mohorcic   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
3
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  L (1-3) 0.2 4 6 6 2 0
  Leach   4.1 7 5 1 1 1
  Gordon   2.0 2 1 1 3 2
  Montgomery   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Farr   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
12
8
6
5

  E–White (3).  DP–New York 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–New York Pagliarulo (8,off Leach), Kansas City Brett 2 (6,off LaPoint 2); Tabler (5,off LaPoint); Macfarlane (3,off McCullers).  3B–New York Mattingly (1,off Leach).  HR–New York Hall (5,1st inning off Appier 3 on, 0 out).  SB–Barfield (3,2nd base off Appier/Boone).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:50.  A–40,589.
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