Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
May 21, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1991 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 3, Kansas City Royals 4

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cotto rf 4 0 0 0
Reynolds 2b 4 0 0 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 0 1 0
Martinez 3b 4 1 2 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 0 0
Davis dh 2 1 2 1
Jones lf 2 1 0 0
  Briley lf 0 0 0 0
Schaefer ss 3 0 0 1
Valle c 3 0 0 0
Krueger p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 4 1 1 1
Thurman rf 3 0 1 1
  Cromartie ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Eisenreich lf 3 0 1 0
Tartabull dh 4 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 3 1 1 1
Martinez 1b 3 0 0 0
Stillwell ss 3 0 0 0
Pecota 3b 3 0 1 0
Shumpert 2b 3 2 2 0
Appier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
Seattle 010 020 000350
Kansas City 011 000 02x481
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Krueger  L (1-2) 7.1 7 4 4 1 3
  Jackson   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
1
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  W (2-5) 9.0 5 3 2 1 5
Totals
9.0
5
3
2
1
5

  E–Appier (1).  DP–Seattle 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Seattle Davis (2,off Appier), Kansas City Shumpert 2 (3,off Krueger 2); Thurman (3,off Krueger).  HR–Kansas City Macfarlane (3,2nd inning off Krueger 0 on, 0 out).  SH–T Jones (1,off Appier).  SB–Shumpert (4,3rd base off Krueger/Valle).  CS–Thurman (2,3rd base by Krueger/Valle).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:26.  A–19,954.
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