Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
August 29, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1989 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 8, Kansas City Royals 12

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 2 2 1
Bergman 1b 5 2 3 3
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 2
Nokes dh 5 0 1 0
Lemon rf 4 1 2 0
Williams lf 2 1 0 0
  Schu 3b 2 0 1 0
Strange 3b,ss 5 0 2 1
Heath c 4 1 1 1
Brumley ss,lf 4 1 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Searcy p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Seitzer 3b 3 1 1 0
Wilson cf 6 2 1 1
Brett 1b 3 3 3 1
Jackson dh 4 1 0 1
Eisenreich lf 5 3 3 1
Tartabull rf 5 0 2 1
  Thurman pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 5 2 3 3
White 2b 4 0 2 1
Macfarlane c 4 0 2 2
Aquino p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Luecken p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 12 17 11
Detroit 102 005 0008131
Kansas City 101 223 30x12170
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris   4.1 10 6 6 4 2
  Nunez   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Searcy  L (0-1) 0.2 4 3 3 2 2
  Gibson   2.1 3 3 2 1 3
Totals
8.0
17
12
11
7
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Aquino   5.0 8 6 6 0 3
  Crawford  W (3-0) 3.0 4 2 2 1 2
  Luecken   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
1
6

  E–Heath (9).  2B–Detroit Bergman (11,off Aquino); Whitaker (15,off Aquino); Strange (2,off Aquino), Kansas City White (19,off Morris); Wilson (12,off Morris); Eisenreich (26,off Morris); Stillwell (14,off Morris).  3B–Detroit Bergman (1,off Aquino).  SF–Whitaker (9,off Aquino); Jackson (4,off Morris).  HBP–Lemon (8,by Aquino); K Williams (4,by Aquino); Macfarlane (1,by Morris); Jackson (2,by Gibson).  IBB–Brett (11,by Morris).  SB–Wilson (20,2nd base off Morris/Heath); Eisenreich (22,3rd base off Morris/Heath); Thurman (14,2nd base off Gibson/Heath).  CS–Brett (3,2nd base by Morris/Heath).  BK–Morris (1).  HBP–Morris (1,Macfarlane); Gibson (6,Jackson); Aquino 2 (4,Lemon,K Williams).  IBB–Morris (1,Brett).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–3:26.  A–21,130.
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