Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
September 15, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1989 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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, Baltimore Orioles 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Seitzer 3b 5 0 2 0
Wilson cf 5 1 1 0
Brett 1b 5 0 3 0
Jackson lf 5 0 1 1
Eisenreich rf 2 0 0 0
Tartabull dh 3 1 0 0
Stillwell ss 4 0 1 0
Boone c 3 0 1 0
Wellman 2b 2 0 2 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 1
  Pecota 2b 0 0 0 0
  Tabler ph,2b 1 0 0 0
McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Luecken p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 11 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bradley lf 4 0 1 0
Devereaux cf 5 0 2 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 0 1
Tettleton dh 2 0 0 0
  Anderson pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Sheets ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Moreland ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Bell pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Milligan 1b 4 0 1 1
Worthington 3b 2 1 1 1
Jefferson rf 4 0 2 1
  Finley rf 0 0 0 0
Melvin c 4 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 2 1 2 0
  Gonzales 2b 1 1 1 0
Milacki p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 11 5
Kansas City 100 001 0002110
Baltimore 001 101 20x5110
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
McWilliams   5.0 4 2 2 2 4
  Crawford  L (3-1) 1.2 4 3 3 1 1
  Gleaton   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Luecken   1.1 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
4
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Milacki  W (11-12) 8.0 11 2 2 3 4
  Olson  SV (26) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Kansas City Wilson (15,off Milacki); Brett (23,off Milacki), Baltimore B Ripken (11,off McWilliams).  SH–Boone (8,off Milacki); Bradley (3,off Crawford).  IBB–Eisenreich (9,by Milacki).  WP–McWilliams 2 (2), Milacki (1).  IBB–Milacki (4,Eisenreich).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:09.  A–38,029.
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