Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
July 27, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1989 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 2, Boston Red Sox 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 2
Seitzer 3b,ss 3 0 0 0
Brett 1b 4 0 1 0
Tabler dh 4 0 0 0
Winters rf 3 1 0 0
Boone c 2 1 0 0
White 2b 3 0 1 0
Pecota ss 2 0 0 0
  Tartabull ph 1 0 0 0
  Wellman ss 0 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
  Palacios 3b 0 0 0 0
Thurman lf 3 0 1 0
  de los Santos ph 1 0 0 0
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 3 0 1 1
Reed 2b 4 1 0 0
Romine cf 4 2 2 1
Greenwell lf 3 1 1 1
Heep rf 4 0 1 1
  Kutcher rf 1 0 0 0
Esasky 1b 4 0 2 1
Rice dh 4 0 1 0
  Romero pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Rivera ss 4 1 0 0
Cerone c 4 1 2 1
Dopson p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 6
Kansas City 000 002 000242
Boston 201 011 20x7100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon  L (11-4) 5.1 8 5 5 4 3
  Farr   1.2 2 2 0 2 0
  Leach   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
5
6
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dopson  W (9-5) 5.0 3 2 2 7 2
  Murphy   2.0 1 0 0 0 4
  Smith   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
7
9

  E–Winters (2), White (4).  2B–Kansas City Wilson (6,off Murphy), Boston Romine (8,off Gordon).  HR–Boston Romine (1,5th inning off Gordon 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Wilson (16,2nd base off Dopson/Cerone); Thurman (8,2nd base off Dopson/Cerone).  WP–Gordon (8), Dopson (4).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:43.  A–34,223.
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