Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
July 20, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1989 at Royals Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 4, Kansas City Royals 0

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 4 1 2 0
Fermin ss 5 0 2 1
James dh 4 0 0 0
Carter lf 4 1 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 1 1 0
Belle rf 4 1 2 1
Komminsk cf 4 0 3 1
Aguayo 3b 3 0 0 1
Allanson c 4 0 0 0
Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 2 0 0 0
Brett 1b 3 0 0 0
Jackson lf 3 0 1 0
Macfarlane dh 3 0 0 0
  Buckner ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 2 0 1 0
  Winters pr,rf 2 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
White 2b 1 0 0 0
Pecota ss 2 0 0 0
  Tabler ph 1 0 0 0
  Wellman ss 0 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 2 0
Cleveland 000 000 3104110
Kansas City 000 000 000021
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Swindell  W (13-2) 7.0 2 0 0 4 6
  Orosco   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
6
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  L (9-5) 8.0 9 4 4 0 4
  Leach   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
5

  E–Saberhagen (1).  2B–Cleveland Belle (2,off Saberhagen); Browne (21,off Saberhagen); Fermin (4,off Saberhagen), Kansas City Tartabull (12,off Swindell).  SF–Aguayo (3,off Saberhagen).  IBB–Browne (4,by Leach).  CS–Komminsk (1,2nd base by Saberhagen/Boone); Seitzer (6,2nd base by Swindell/Allanson); Jackson (6,2nd base by Swindell/Allanson).  IBB–Leach (5,Browne).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:38.  A–38,595.
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