Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
July 5, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 12, Oakland Athletics 9

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 2 0 1 2
  Palacios 3b 5 1 1 1
  Wellman ss 0 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b,ss,3b 6 1 2 0
Brett 1b 6 1 2 2
Jackson dh 6 3 3 1
Eisenreich rf 4 0 0 0
  Tartabull ph 1 0 0 0
  Winters rf 0 1 0 0
Tabler lf 5 2 3 2
Boone c 5 1 3 2
White 2b 6 1 2 1
Wilson cf 4 1 1 1
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 12 18 12
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 5 2 2 1
Henderson D. cf 6 1 2 1
Parker dh 5 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 2 5
Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0
Phillips 2b,ss 5 1 1 0
Hassey c 5 1 2 0
Javier rf 4 2 2 0
Gallego ss 3 0 1 1
  Steinbach ph 1 0 0 0
  Hubbard 2b 1 0 0 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 13 8
Kansas City 122 111 001 0312180
Oakland 113 000 040 009132
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   2.0 7 5 5 2 0
  Gordon   5.0 3 3 3 4 5
  Montgomery   2.0 3 1 1 1 3
  Crawford  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
13
9
9
7
10
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch   3.1 8 6 6 2 0
  Nelson   4.2 4 2 2 0 6
  Burns   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Honeycutt  L (1-1) 3.0 5 3 3 2 1
Totals
11.0
18
12
12
4
7

  E–R Henderson (2), Gallego (13).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Boone (11,off Welch); Seitzer (10,off Welch), Oakland R Henderson (15,off Leibrandt); Javier (10,off Leibrandt); D Henderson (10,off Leibrandt).  3B–Kansas City Stillwell (2,off Welch); Tabler (1,off Nelson).  HR–Kansas City Brett (4,6th inning off Nelson 0 on, 2 out), Oakland McGwire (16,3rd inning off Leibrandt 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Tabler (3,off Honeycutt).  SF–Wilson (4,off Honeycutt).  IBB–Boone (3,by Honeycutt); Parker (5,by Montgomery).  SB–Jackson 3 (23,2nd base off Welch/Hassey,2nd base off Honeycutt/Hassey 2); R Henderson (33,2nd base off Gordon/Boone).  WP–Montgomery (3), Nelson (2).  IBB–Montgomery (4,Parker); Honeycutt (1,Boone).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–4:12.  A–20,791.
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