Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
July 8, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1989 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boston cf 5 0 2 0
Lyons 3b 5 0 1 0
Baines dh 4 0 2 0
  Gallagher pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Calderon rf 4 1 1 0
Pasqua lf 5 0 1 0
Fisk c 5 0 2 2
Walker 1b 4 1 1 0
  Morman ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Manrique 2b 5 0 1 1
Guillen ss 5 0 2 0
Hibbard p 0 0 0 0
  Pall p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 3 13 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 1 0
Seitzer 3b,ss 5 0 0 0
Brett 1b 5 1 2 0
Jackson lf 5 1 1 1
Tabler rf,3b 3 0 1 0
Tartabull dh 4 1 1 1
Boone c 2 0 2 0
  Palacios pr,3b 0 0 0 0
  Eisenreich ph,rf 1 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
Wellman ss 2 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
  Macfarlane c 1 0 1 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 9 2
Chicago 020 000 010 003131
Kansas City 200 000 001 01491
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hibbard   6.0 5 2 1 2 3
  Pall   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen   2.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Davis  L (0-1) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
9
4
3
2
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza   8.0 11 3 3 0 5
  Montgomery  W (7-1) 3.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
13
3
3
1
7

  E–Manrique (9), Wilson (2).  DP–Chicago 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Chicago Walker (10,off Gubicza); Baines (17,off Gubicza); Fisk 2 (9,off Gubicza 2); Boston (1,off Gubicza), Kansas City Boone (12,off Hibbard); Brett (10,off Pall).  HR–Kansas City Tartabull (10,9th inning off Thigpen 0 on, 1 out); Jackson (21,11th inning off Davis 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Calderon (2,off Gubicza); White (3,off Pall).  CS–Guillen (9,2nd base by Gubicza/Boone).  WP–Hibbard (3).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:14.  A–39,869.
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