Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
July 28, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1989 at Royals Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, Kansas City Royals 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 0 2 1
Finley rf 5 0 2 0
  Devereaux rf 1 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 6 0 0 1
Tettleton c 5 1 2 0
Orsulak lf 5 2 2 0
Traber 1b 6 0 0 0
Sheets dh 5 0 1 0
Worthington 3b 3 0 1 1
  Gonzales pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 3 1 0 0
Ballard p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 4 10 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 6 0 1 1
Seitzer 3b,ss 5 0 0 0
Brett 1b,lf 5 0 0 0
Tabler dh 6 1 3 0
Winters rf 3 0 1 0
  Tartabull ph 1 0 1 0
  Palacios pr,3b 2 1 0 0
Boone c 6 0 3 1
Pecota ss 3 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 0 0 0 0
  White pr,2b 2 0 1 0
Wellman 2b 3 0 0 0
  Macfarlane ph 1 0 1 1
  de los Santos 1b 1 0 0 0
Thurman lf,rf 5 1 2 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 3 13 3
Baltimore 001 100 010 000 14100
Kansas City 001 000 002 000 03132
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ballard   8.1 6 2 2 0 1
  Olson   1.2 4 1 1 2 1
  Williamson  W (7-3) 3.0 3 0 0 3 1
Totals
13.0
13
3
3
5
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza   7.2 7 3 3 6 5
  Crawford   2.2 1 0 0 1 3
  Montgomery  L (7-2) 2.2 2 1 0 0 3
Totals
13.0
10
4
3
7
11

  E–Boone (5), White (5).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Baltimore Sheets (8,off Gubicza); Worthington (16,off Gubicza), Kansas City Tabler (8,off Olson); Thurman (2,off Williamson).  3B–Kansas City Thurman (1,off Ballard).  SH–Orsulak (7,off Gubicza); Wilson (6,off Williamson).  IBB–Sheets (8,by Gubicza); Seitzer (6,by Williamson); Brett (7,by Williamson).  SB–Anderson (16,2nd base off Gubicza/Boone); Seitzer (11,2nd base off Ballard/Tettleton).  CS–Finley (2,2nd base by Crawford/Boone); Gonzales (3,2nd base by Montgomery/Boone); Anderson (3,2nd base by Montgomery/Boone); Boone (2,2nd base by Williamson/Tettleton).  WP–Montgomery (5).  IBB–Williamson 2 (7,Seitzer,Brett); Gubicza (5,Sheets).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–4:36.  A–38,606.
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