New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
May 26, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1990 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 4, Kansas City Royals 9

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Sanders lf 4 1 1 0
Sax 2b 4 1 3 2
Kelly cf 4 0 0 1
Mattingly 1b 2 0 0 0
  Balboni 1b 2 0 0 0
Hall dh 4 0 0 0
Barfield rf 4 0 1 0
Cerone c 3 1 2 0
Velarde 3b 4 1 0 0
Espinoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Tolleson ss 1 0 0 0
Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Shumpert 2b 5 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 5 2 3 1
Perry 1b 5 1 3 1
Tartabull dh 5 0 0 0
Brett rf 2 1 1 0
  Jeltz rf 2 0 1 0
Jackson cf 4 1 2 0
Eisenreich lf 5 1 2 3
Tabler 3b 3 2 1 1
Palacios c 2 1 2 3
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 15 9
New York 000 000 040472
Kansas City 052 200 00x9152
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins  L (1-4) 1.2 6 5 5 1 0
  Plunk   6.1 9 4 4 3 6
Totals
8.0
15
9
9
4
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon  W (2-2) 9.0 7 4 1 1 9
Totals
9.0
7
4
1
1
9

  E–Balboni (1), Barfield (3), Stillwell (5), Jackson (6).  DP–New York 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Palacios 2 (2,off Hawkins,off Plunk); Jackson (5,off Plunk); Tabler (2,off Plunk).  3B–Kansas City Perry (1,off Hawkins); Stillwell (2,off Hawkins).  HBP–Tabler (1,by Hawkins).  CS–Jackson (4,3rd base by Hawkins/Cerone).  HBP–Hawkins (1,Tabler).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–2:44.  A–35,322.
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