Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
May 1, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1991 at Royals Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Kansas City Royals 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Phillips lf 5 1 1 0
Trammell ss 4 2 2 1
Whitaker 2b 3 1 2 2
Fielder 1b 4 0 1 1
Tettleton c 4 1 1 2
Deer rf 2 0 0 0
Incaviglia dh 4 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 4 1 1 0
Cuyler cf 3 0 1 0
Gullickson p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie 1b 5 0 2 0
Pecota 3b 4 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 4 2 3 1
Gibson dh 4 0 0 0
Eisenreich lf 4 0 1 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 1 1
Stillwell ss 4 1 0 0
McRae cf 3 1 1 1
Shumpert 2b 2 0 0 1
  Puhl ph 0 0 0 0
  Howard pr 0 0 0 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Detroit 101 020 020691
Kansas City 000 021 010480
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gullickson  W (3-0) 5.2 7 3 1 0 2
  Gibson   2.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Henneman  SV (5) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
2
2
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  L (2-3) 7.1 8 6 6 4 4
  Crawford   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
4
6

  E–Fryman (4).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Detroit Whitaker 2 (4,off Boddicker 2), Kansas City Cromartie (3,off Gullickson).  3B–Kansas City McRae (1,off Gullickson).  HR–Detroit Tettleton (3,8th inning off Boddicker 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City Tartabull (2,8th inning off Gibson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Cuyler (3,off Boddicker).  HBP–Whitaker (1,by Boddicker).  SF–Shumpert (2,off Gullickson).  SB–Cuyler (4,2nd base off Boddicker/Macfarlane); Deer (1,2nd base off Crawford/Macfarlane).  CS–Eisenreich (2,2nd base by Gullickson/Tettleton).  HBP–Boddicker (2,Whitaker).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:51.  A–18,536.
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