Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners
August 18, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1989 at Kingdome. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 3, Seattle Mariners 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 4 0 1 0
Seitzer 3b 4 0 1 0
Brett 1b 3 0 0 0
Jackson lf 4 1 1 0
Eisenreich cf,rf 4 1 1 2
Tartabull rf 4 0 0 0
  Thurman cf 0 0 0 0
Buckner dh 4 0 0 0
White 2b 3 1 1 1
Boone c 4 0 2 0
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Reynolds 2b 3 0 0 0
Briley lf 3 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 1 1 1
Leonard dh 3 0 0 0
Coles rf 3 0 2 0
Kingery cf 4 0 0 0
Cochrane 3b,ss 2 0 0 0
  Bradley ph 1 0 0 0
Valle c 4 0 0 0
Diaz ss 2 0 0 0
  Presley ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Zavaras p 0 0 0 0
  Comstock p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Kansas City 020 010 000371
Seattle 000 000 010130
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon  W (15-4) 8.0 2 1 1 5 10
  Montgomery  SV (10) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
5
11
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Zavaras  L (1-3) 7.0 6 3 3 0 5
  Comstock   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Jackson   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
7

  E–Brett (2).  2B–Kansas City Seitzer (12,off Comstock).  HR–Kansas City Eisenreich (5,2nd inning off Zavaras 1 on, 0 out); White (1,5th inning off Zavaras 0 on, 0 out), Seattle Davis (15,8th inning off Gordon 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Brett (10,by Comstock).  SB–White (3,2nd base off Jackson/Valle).  WP–Gordon (10).  IBB–Comstock (2,Brett).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–2:42.  A–16,089.
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