Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
September 29, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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 3, Oakland Athletics 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Seitzer 3b 3 2 0 0
Stillwell ss 4 0 2 1
Brett 1b 4 0 2 2
Jackson lf 3 0 0 0
Eisenreich rf 4 0 0 0
Tartabull dh 3 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 1 0
Wellman 2b 4 0 1 0
Thurman cf 2 1 0 0
Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Aquino p 0 0 0 0
  Luecken p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 4 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 2 1
Canseco rf 4 0 1 1
Parker dh 4 0 0 0
Henderson D. cf 5 0 2 1
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 1
Steinbach c 4 0 3 0
Phillips 2b 3 1 1 0
Gallego ss 2 1 2 0
  Phelps ph 1 0 0 0
  Weiss ss 0 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 13 4
Kansas City 002 000 010361
Oakland 001 001 1014131
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Farr   6.0 7 2 1 1 5
  Aquino   2.0 4 1 1 1 1
  Luecken  L (2-1) 0.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.2
13
4
3
3
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   7.1 5 3 2 2 6
  Honeycutt   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Nelson  W (3-5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
3
8

  E–Thurman (3), Davis (2).  DP–Kansas City 2, Oakland 2.  2B–Kansas City Stillwell (20,off Davis).  HR–Oakland McGwire (32,6th inning off Farr 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Thurman (2,off Davis); Gallego (8,off Aquino).  IBB–Jackson (7,by Honeycutt); Parker (13,by Luecken).  SF–Canseco (6,off Farr).  HBP–Lansford (9,by Farr).  CS–D Henderson (5,2nd base by Farr/Macfarlane).  WP–Davis (8), Honeycutt (6).  HBP–Farr (1,Lansford).  IBB–Luecken (4,Parker); Honeycutt (3,Jackson).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:49.  A–43,470.
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