Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
September 1, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1989 at Arlington Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 5, Texas Rangers 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Seitzer 3b 4 0 0 0
Wilson cf 6 0 1 2
Brett 1b 5 1 1 1
Jackson dh 4 1 2 1
Eisenreich lf 5 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 4 2 2 1
Tabler rf,2b 5 1 1 0
Boone c 4 0 0 0
Pecota 2b 2 0 1 0
  Tartabull ph 0 0 0 0
  White pr,2b 0 0 0 0
  Winters ph 1 0 0 0
  Thurman rf 1 0 0 0
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Luecken p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 8 5
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Espy cf 2 0 0 0
  Gonzalez cf 2 0 0 0
  Manrique ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 0 0
Baines dh 5 1 1 0
  Palmer pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Sierra rf 5 1 1 2
Franco 2b 4 0 2 0
Leach lf 5 0 1 0
Kunkel ss 6 1 1 1
Buechele 3b 3 0 0 0
  Daugherty ph 1 0 1 0
  Incaviglia pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Kreuter c 2 0 0 0
  Petralli ph,c 1 0 1 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Rogers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 3 8 3
Kansas City 000 200 010 002581
Texas 000 012 000 000380
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon   7.2 4 3 3 5 5
  Crawford   2.1 2 0 0 2 0
  Luecken  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Montgomery  SV (16) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
8
3
3
9
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough   8.0 5 3 3 4 5
  Russell   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Rogers  L (2-3) 2.0 3 2 2 2 0
Totals
12.0
8
5
5
6
8

  E–Stillwell (12).  DP–Kansas City 1, Texas 1.  PB–Kreuter (17).  2B–Kansas City Stillwell (15,off Hough); Wilson (13,off Rogers).  HR–Kansas City Brett (10,4th inning off Hough 0 on, 0 out); Stillwell (7,4th inning off Hough 0 on, 2 out); Jackson (27,8th inning off Hough 0 on, 2 out), Texas Kunkel (7,5th inning off Gordon 0 on, 0 out); Sierra (23,6th inning off Gordon 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Boone (7,off Rogers); Manrique (9,off Luecken).  IBB–Seitzer (7,by Rogers); Leach (7,by Crawford); Palmeiro (3,by Luecken).  SB–Pecota (5,2nd base off Hough/Kreuter); Franco (19,3rd base off Montgomery/Boone).  CS–Eisenreich (7,2nd base by Rogers/Petralli).  WP–Gordon (11).  IBB–Crawford (2,Leach); Luecken (2,Palmeiro); Rogers (8,Seitzer).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–3:39.  A–21,036.
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