Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
September 5, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1989 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 2, Detroit Tigers 10

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Seitzer 3b 2 0 0 1
  Palacios 3b 0 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 4 0 3 0
  Pecota pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Brett 1b 3 0 0 0
  Tabler 1b 0 0 0 0
Jackson lf 3 0 0 0
  Schulz ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Eisenreich cf 4 0 1 0
  Thurman cf 0 0 0 0
Tartabull dh 3 0 1 0
Winters rf 3 1 0 0
Boone c 2 0 1 0
  Macfarlane c 2 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 2 0
  Wellman pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Aquino p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 2 3 0
  Williams rf 0 0 0 0
Trammell ss 1 0 1 1
  Brumley pr,ss 4 1 0 0
Whitaker 2b 4 2 2 0
  Schu 2b 0 0 0 0
Lynn dh 2 1 0 2
Bergman 1b 3 1 0 0
Lusader rf,cf 3 2 2 1
Richie lf 4 0 1 2
  Datz c 0 0 0 0
Strange 3b 2 1 1 2
Heath c,lf 4 0 1 1
Ritz p 0 0 0 0
  Holman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 10 11 9
Kansas City 001 000 010294
Detroit 600 103 00x10110
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon  L (16-6) 0.2 6 6 6 1 1
  Crawford   4.0 2 1 0 5 1
  Leach   1.1 2 3 2 3 1
  Aquino   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Montgomery   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
10
8
10
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ritz  W (4-3) 7.0 7 1 1 3 5
  Holman   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
4
7

  E–Seitzer (19), Jackson (5), Winters (3), Boone (7).  DP–Kansas City 1, Detroit 3.  2B–Kansas City Stillwell (16,off Holman), Detroit Strange (3,off Gordon); Lusader (3,off Crawford).  SF–Seitzer (6,off Ritz); Lynn 2 (4,off Gordon,off Crawford).  HBP–Datz (1,by Montgomery).  IBB–Whitaker (5,by Crawford).  SB–Whitaker (5,2nd base off Gordon/Boone).  HBP–Montgomery (2,Datz).  IBB–Crawford (3,Whitaker).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:50.  A–12,742.
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