Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
June 8, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1990 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 1, Oakland Athletics 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Seitzer 3b 4 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 4 0 0 0
Perry dh 4 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 3 1 1 1
Brett 1b 4 0 2 0
Jackson cf 4 0 1 0
Wilson lf 1 0 0 0
  Eisenreich lf 3 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 2 0 0 0
  Palacios pr,c 0 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 1 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 4 1 2 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gallego 3b 1 0 1 0
Steinbach c 4 1 2 1
Phelps 1b 3 0 1 0
  McGwire 1b 1 0 1 1
Henderson D. cf 4 1 2 0
Jose rf 4 0 0 0
Hassey dh 3 0 1 1
Weiss ss 2 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 10 3
Kansas City 000 000 100151
Oakland 000 110 01x3101
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza  L (3-6) 7.1 10 3 3 0 3
  Davis   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
0
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young  W (3-1) 6.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Burns   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Honeycutt   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley  SV (19) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
4

  E–Brett (5), Lansford (3).  DP–Kansas City 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Kansas City White (6,off Young), Oakland D Henderson (11,off Gubicza); McGwire (5,off Gubicza).  HR–Kansas City Tartabull (4,7th inning off Burns 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Macfarlane (2,by Honeycutt); Weiss (2,by Gubicza).  SF–Hassey (1,off Gubicza).  SB–Brett (3,2nd base off Young/Steinbach); Jackson (9,2nd base off Honeycutt/Steinbach); R Henderson (27,2nd base off Gubicza/Macfarlane).  HBP–Gubicza (4,Weiss); Honeycutt (1,Macfarlane).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:45.  A–44,021.
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