Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
September 12, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1989 at Royals 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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Texas Rangers 5, Kansas City Royals 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Manrique ss 5 0 2 2
Palmeiro 1b 2 0 0 0
  Stanley ph,c 1 0 0 0
  Petralli ph,c 2 0 0 0
Baines dh 4 0 0 0
Sierra rf 4 1 3 0
Franco 2b 3 1 2 0
Leach lf 2 1 1 0
  Gonzalez ph,cf 1 0 0 0
  Espy ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Incaviglia cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Coolbaugh 3b 1 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 1 1 1
  Buechele 3b 2 0 1 0
Kreuter c 1 0 0 0
  Daugherty ph,1b 2 1 1 2
Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Rogers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 12 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Seitzer 3b 4 0 2 0
Wilson cf 4 1 0 0
Brett 1b 4 1 4 2
Jackson lf 4 0 0 1
Eisenreich rf 3 0 0 0
Tartabull dh 4 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 2 0
  Pecota pr 0 1 0 0
Boone c 1 1 0 0
  Thurman pr 0 1 0 0
  Palacios c 0 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 0 0 0 0
  Tabler ph 1 1 1 2
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Luecken p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 5
Texas 000 040 0015121
Kansas City 201 000 102690
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   8.0 8 5 3 3 13
  Rogers  L (2-4) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
4
3
13
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza   4.0 4 3 3 0 1
  Leach   0.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Gleaton   2.0 3 0 0 0 3
  Luecken  W (2-0) 2.2 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
2
5

  E–Manrique (17).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Texas Daugherty (4,off Leach); Manrique (22,off Luecken), Kansas City White (21,off Ryan).  3B–Texas Sierra (13,off Luecken).  HR–Kansas City Tabler (2,9th inning off Rogers 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Franco (11,by Luecken).  CS–Daugherty (1,Home by Gleaton/Boone); Eisenreich (8,2nd base by Ryan/Kreuter).  SB–Wilson (23,2nd base off Ryan/Kreuter); Seitzer (15,2nd base off Ryan/Kreuter).  WP–Ryan 2 (18).  IBB–Luecken (3,Franco).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:16.  A–19,477.
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