Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
September 30, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 6, Oakland Athletics 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Seitzer 3b 4 0 1 0
Stillwell ss 5 0 1 0
Brett 1b 5 1 2 2
Jackson lf 3 1 0 0
Eisenreich cf,rf 4 2 2 3
Tabler rf 3 0 1 1
  Macfarlane c 0 0 0 0
Buckner dh 4 0 2 0
Boone c 3 0 1 0
  Thurman pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Wellman 2b 3 1 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 4 0 0 0
  Jose lf 0 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 1 0
  Gallego 3b 0 0 0 0
Parker dh 4 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 3 0
  Beane pr 0 0 0 0
Henderson cf 2 0 0 0
  Howitt rf 1 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 1 0
Blankenship rf,2b 4 1 1 0
Javier lf,cf 3 0 0 1
Weiss ss 3 0 0 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Young C. p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Young M. p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Kansas City 000 010 0506100
Oakland 000 010 000161
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  W (23-6) 8.0 4 1 1 2 13
  Montgomery   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
14
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch   5.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Young C.   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Burns  L (6-5) 0.2 1 2 0 0 1
  Young M.   0.1 4 3 3 1 1
  Corsi   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
4
3
4

  E–Burns (3).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Kansas City Brett (26,off C Young); Eisenreich (33,off M Young), Oakland McGwire (17,off Saberhagen).  3B–Oakland Blankenship (1,off Saberhagen).  HR–Kansas City Eisenreich (9,5th inning off Welch 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Wellman (2,off Burns).  IBB–Jackson (8,by M Young).  SF–Javier (2,off Saberhagen).  CS–Seitzer (8,2nd base by C Young/Hassey).  WP–Saberhagen (8), M Young (5).  IBB–M Young (2,Jackson).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:37.  A–42,891.
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