Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
September 19, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1989 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Johnson lf 4 1 2 0
Fletcher 2b 4 0 0 0
Calderon dh 4 0 1 0
Fisk c 4 0 1 1
Martinez 3b 3 1 1 0
  Boston ph 1 0 0 0
Sosa cf 3 1 1 1
  Lyons ph 1 0 0 0
Gallagher rf 2 0 0 0
Morman 1b 3 0 1 1
Guillen ss 3 0 0 0
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Long p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Seitzer 3b 3 1 1 0
Wilson cf 4 0 1 2
Brett 1b 3 0 0 0
Jackson lf 4 1 0 0
Eisenreich rf 4 1 1 0
Tartabull dh 4 1 1 2
Stillwell ss 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Boone c 3 1 3 1
McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Chicago 000 021 000374
Kansas City 050 000 00x570
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson  L (4-11) 1.2 5 5 1 1 1
  Long   6.1 2 0 0 1 5
Totals
8.0
7
5
1
2
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
McWilliams  W (2-0) 7.0 6 3 3 0 4
  Farr  SV (18) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
0
5

  E–Martinez 3 (20), Sosa (4).  DP–Chicago 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Chicago Martinez (20,off McWilliams); Sosa (6,off McWilliams); Johnson (7,off McWilliams); Fisk (23,off McWilliams), Kansas City Tartabull (21,off Dotson).  3B–Kansas City Wilson (7,off Dotson).  SH–Gallagher (16,off McWilliams).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:27.  A–19,748.
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