Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
May 22, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1990 at Tiger Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 9, Detroit Tigers 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Seitzer 3b 5 1 2 0
Stillwell ss 4 1 1 0
Perry 1b 4 2 2 3
  Palacios 1b 0 0 0 0
Tartabull dh 5 1 1 2
Brett rf 4 1 0 0
Jackson cf 5 0 1 0
Wilson lf 3 2 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 1 2
White 2b 4 1 1 1
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Appier p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 9 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 3b 3 3 2 0
Trammell ss 5 1 4 3
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 3
Fielder 1b 4 0 1 0
  Williams pr 0 1 0 0
Moseby cf 5 0 1 0
Sheets rf 3 0 1 0
  Jones ph,lf 0 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 0 0 0 0
Ward lf,rf 4 1 1 0
  Salas ph 1 0 0 0
Nokes dh 3 0 1 0
  Lemon ph,dh 2 0 0 1
Heath c 5 1 1 1
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 8
Kansas City 000 300 510990
Detroit 320 100 0118133
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson   2.0 5 5 5 1 1
  Appier   1.1 3 1 1 1 0
  Farr  W (3-2) 3.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Davis   1.2 4 2 2 1 1
  Montgomery  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
6
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (2-6) 6.1 7 7 3 2 5
  Nunez   1.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Gibson   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
9
5
4
7

  E–Trammell 2 (5), Fielder (3).  DP–Kansas City 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Kansas City Perry (8,off Morris); White (3,off Nunez), Detroit Heath (7,off Dotson); Trammell (10,off Dotson); Phillips (6,off M Davis).  HR–Kansas City Tartabull (2,7th inning off Nunez 1 on, 1 out), Detroit Whitaker (6,1st inning off Dotson 2 on, 0 out).  IBB–Stillwell (1,by Gibson).  WP–Dotson (4), Morris 2 (7).  IBB–Gibson (6,Stillwell).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–3:13.  A–12,486.
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