Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
July 20, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 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 0, Kansas City Royals 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 3 0 1 0
Reed J. 2b 4 0 1 0
Quintana 1b 4 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 4 0 0 0
Burks dh 3 0 0 0
Greenwell lf 3 0 1 0
Pena c 3 0 0 0
Romine cf 2 0 0 0
  Robidoux ph 1 0 0 0
  Kutcher cf 0 0 0 0
Naehring ss 3 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Reed J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Seitzer 3b 3 0 1 0
Stillwell ss 4 0 0 0
Perry dh 4 0 0 0
Brett 1b 4 0 2 0
Eisenreich lf 4 2 1 0
Wilson cf 4 2 3 1
Schulz rf 2 0 1 2
  Tabler ph 1 0 1 1
  Jeltz pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 1 0
Pecota 2b 3 0 0 0
Appier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 4
Boston 000 000 000032
Kansas City 020 000 03x5100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  L (12-5) 7.0 7 2 2 3 8
  Murphy   0.2 3 3 0 0 0
  Reed   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
2
4
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  W (5-3) 9.0 3 0 0 1 10
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
1
10

  E–Boggs (14), Brunansky (4).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Kansas City Wilson (8,off Clemens); Brett (21,off Clemens).  3B–Kansas City Schulz (1,off Clemens); Wilson (3,off Murphy).  IBB–Schulz (1,by Clemens).  SB–Wilson (21,2nd base off Clemens/Pena).  WP–Jerry Reed (7), Appier (5).  IBB–Clemens (2,Schulz).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:34.
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