Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 20, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1990 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays 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 6, Toronto Blue Jays 17

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Perry dh 4 2 1 0
Seitzer 3b 4 1 1 0
  Tabler 3b 1 0 0 0
Brett 1b 4 1 2 1
  Palacios 1b 1 0 0 0
Jackson lf 3 1 0 0
  Schulz lf 0 0 0 0
Eisenreich rf 4 1 2 1
Stillwell ss 3 0 1 2
  Jeltz ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Wilson cf 2 0 0 0
  Thurman cf 0 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 2 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Aquino p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 3 1 1 2
  Lee ph,ss 2 1 1 0
Felix cf 4 1 1 1
Gruber 3b 4 2 2 2
  Mulliniks ph,3b 1 0 1 1
Bell lf 4 2 2 3
  Lawless lf 2 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 3 2 3 2
Olerud dh 5 2 1 0
Myers c 5 3 2 3
  Virgil c 0 0 0 0
Hill rf 5 1 2 0
Liriano 2b 4 2 3 3
Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 17 19 17
Kansas City 000 004 200691
Toronto 300 273 02x17192
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  L (1-1) 4.0 7 6 5 3 1
  McWilliams   0.1 3 4 4 1 0
  Aquino   2.2 6 5 5 2 1
  Crawford   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
19
17
16
7
2
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  W (1-2) 6.0 7 4 4 3 3
  Acker   1.0 2 2 0 0 1
  Wells   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ward   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
4
4
4

  E–White (1), Liriano 2 (2).  DP–Toronto 2.  2B–Kansas City Macfarlane (2,off Stottlemyre); Brett (1,off Stottlemyre); Eisenreich (3,off Stottlemyre), Toronto Hill (2,off Aquino); Mulliniks (1,off Crawford).  3B–Toronto Liriano (1,off McWilliams).  HR–Toronto Bell (3,1st inning off Saberhagen 2 on, 1 out); McGriff (3,5th inning off McWilliams 1 on, 0 out); Gruber (3,5th inning off Aquino 1 on, 2 out); Myers (1,6th inning off Aquino 2 on, 0 out); Liriano (1,8th inning off Crawford 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Liriano (1,off Saberhagen).  HBP–Felix (1,by Aquino).  WP–Aquino (1).  HBP–Aquino (1,Felix).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:04.  A–49,151.
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