Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox
August 16, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1989 at Comiskey Park I. 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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Kansas City Royals 5, Chicago White Sox 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 2 1 1 0
Seitzer 3b 5 0 2 0
Brett 1b 4 0 1 1
Jackson lf 5 1 1 0
Eisenreich cf,rf 5 1 2 1
Tartabull dh 3 0 1 0
  Thurman pr,dh,cf 0 1 0 0
Tabler rf 4 1 2 2
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Boone c 3 0 0 1
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Gallagher cf 5 0 1 0
Fletcher 2b 3 0 1 0
Calderon rf 4 0 1 0
Fisk c 4 1 1 1
Pasqua dh 4 1 1 1
  Boston pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Martinez 3b 4 1 2 0
Lyons 1b 4 0 1 0
Johnson lf 3 1 2 1
Guillen ss 3 0 0 0
King p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 3
Kansas City 100 002 0205111
Chicago 010 002 1004100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  W (14-5) 7.0 9 4 3 1 3
  Montgomery  SV (8) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
1
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
King   7.0 9 3 3 2 2
  Patterson   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Thigpen  L (2-5) 0.2 2 1 1 1 1
  McCarthy   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
3

  E–White (6).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Kansas City Tabler (10,off Thigpen), Chicago Gallagher (16,off Saberhagen); Martinez (14,off Saberhagen); Johnson (2,off Montgomery).  3B–Kansas City Eisenreich (5,off King).  HR–Chicago Fisk (9,6th inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 1 out); Pasqua (11,6th inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Boone (5,off Thigpen); Fletcher (7,off Saberhagen); Guillen (8,off Saberhagen).  SF–Brett (7,off King).  CS–Lyons (5,Home by Saberhagen/Boone).  WP–Montgomery (6), King (5), Thigpen (1).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–3:15.  A–11,155.
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