Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
May 14, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1990 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 9

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 0
Reed 2b 5 0 0 1
Greenwell lf 5 0 1 0
Brunansky rf 3 0 1 0
Evans dh 4 1 2 0
Pena c 5 1 1 0
Burks cf 5 1 1 1
Quintana 1b 4 1 0 0
Rivera ss 5 1 3 1
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 10 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Seitzer 3b 5 1 1 0
Stillwell ss 5 1 3 0
Perry dh 4 0 0 1
Jackson cf 3 2 1 1
Brett 1b 5 1 3 1
Eisenreich rf 4 1 2 1
Morman lf 3 0 0 0
  Wilson pr,lf 0 2 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
  Macfarlane ph 1 0 1 1
  Palacios pr,c 1 1 1 4
Shumpert 2b 4 0 1 0
Davis S. p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Davis M. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 13 9
Boston 030 000 020 05101
Kansas City 100 002 011 49133
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   7.0 6 3 3 2 3
  Murphy   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Reardon  L (1-1) 1.1 6 5 5 2 1
Totals
9.2
13
9
9
4
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Davis S.   6.0 6 3 3 5 4
  Farr   1.1 2 2 0 1 1
  Davis M.  W (1-2) 2.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
5
3
6
6

  E–Jody Reed (8), Jackson (5), Brett (2), Boone (4).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Boston Burks (8,off S Davis); Boggs (10,off S Davis); Brunansky (2,off M Davis); Rivera (2,off M Davis), Kansas City Stillwell (10,off Clemens); Macfarlane (6,off Reardon).  HR–Kansas City Jackson (4,8th inning off Murphy 0 on, 2 out); Palacios (1,10th inning off Reardon 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Jody Reed (4,off M Davis).  SF–Perry (2,off Clemens); Eisenreich (2,off Clemens).  SB–Wilson (8,2nd base off Reardon/Pena).  CS–Jackson (3,2nd base by Clemens/Pena).  WP–Clemens (3), S Davis 2 (3).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:16.  A–32,763.
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