Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners
August 20, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 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 5, Seattle Mariners 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 3 1 0 0
Seitzer 3b 4 1 2 0
Brett 1b 4 1 1 1
Jackson lf 4 1 3 3
Eisenreich cf 4 0 2 0
  Thurman cf 0 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 4 0 0 0
Buckner dh 4 1 1 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 1 1
Pecota 2b 3 0 0 0
  White ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Reynolds 2b 3 2 2 0
Cotto lf 3 1 2 0
  Briley ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Davis dh 4 1 1 2
Coles 1b 3 0 2 0
Buhner rf 4 0 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 0 0 1
Presley 3b 4 0 0 0
Valle c 4 0 0 0
Diaz ss 2 0 0 0
  Vizquel ph,ss 1 0 0 0
  Leonard ph 1 0 0 0
Holman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Kansas City 020 030 0005100
Seattle 300 000 010491
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   2.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Crawford  W (2-0) 5.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Farr   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Montgomery  SV (11) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
5
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Holman  L (5-6) 9.0 10 5 5 1 7
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
7

  E–Griffey (6).  DP–Kansas City 1, Seattle 1.  PB–Macfarlane 2 (7).  2B–Kansas City Brett (17,off Holman); Eisenreich (23,off Holman), Seattle Davis (21,off Leibrandt); Coles (17,off Farr).  3B–Kansas City Buckner (1,off Holman); Jackson (5,off Holman).  HR–Kansas City Jackson (26,2nd inning off Holman 0 on, 0 out).  WP–Leibrandt (8).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:34.  A–38,729.
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