Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
August 31, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 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 0, Kansas City Royals 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 0 1 0
Bergman 1b 4 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0
Lynn dh 4 0 0 0
Ward lf 4 0 1 0
Lemon rf 3 0 0 0
Strange 3b 3 0 0 0
Heath c 3 0 2 0
Brumley ss 3 0 0 0
Ritz p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Seitzer 3b 5 1 3 1
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Brett 1b 1 0 0 0
Jackson dh 4 0 0 0
Eisenreich lf 3 1 1 0
Tartabull rf 3 0 0 0
  Thurman rf 1 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 2 0 0 0
Boone c 4 0 1 0
Pecota 2b 4 1 1 1
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 2
Detroit 000 000 000051
Kansas City 100 000 11x360
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ritz  L (3-3) 7.0 5 2 1 4 7
  Henneman   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
2
6
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  W (17-5) 8.0 5 0 0 0 7
  Montgomery  SV (15) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
8

  E–Bergman (7).  2B–Detroit Heath (15,off Saberhagen), Kansas City Seitzer 2 (14,off Ritz 2).  IBB–Brett 2 (13,by Ritz 2); Stillwell (2,by Henneman).  SB–Eisenreich (23,2nd base off Henneman/Heath).  WP–Ritz (5).  IBB–Ritz 2 (4,Brett 2); Henneman (13,Stillwell).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:30.  A–30,004.
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