Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
October 2, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1991 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 5, Kansas City Royals 16

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 0 0 0 0
  Blankenship lf 3 0 1 0
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
  Witmeyer 1b 1 0 0 0
Canseco rf 4 0 1 1
  Hemond c 1 0 0 0
Baines dh 4 1 2 0
  Jacoby 3b 1 0 0 0
Steinbach c 3 1 2 0
  Law 3b,p 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 0 0
  Komminsk cf 0 0 0 0
Brosius 3b,2b 4 1 1 0
Gallego 2b 3 1 1 1
  Howitt rf 1 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 1 1 1
Darling p 0 0 0 0
  Klink p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Chitren p 0 0 0 0
  Walton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 6 2 2 2
Stillwell ss 4 2 3 3
Brett dh 5 2 2 1
Tartabull rf 3 1 1 2
  Thurman pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Eisenreich lf 3 2 2 4
  Moore ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Benzinger 1b 4 1 0 0
Pecota 3b,2b 5 2 2 1
Mayne c 2 3 2 0
Howard 2b 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 1 1
  Shumpert pr,2b 0 0 0 0
  Gibson ph 1 0 0 0
  Berry 3b 3 0 1 1
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Johnston p 0 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 16 16 15
Oakland 050 000 000590
Kansas City 030 036 22x16161
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  L (3-7) 5.0 7 6 6 2 5
  Klink   0.1 4 4 4 0 1
  Nelson   0.2 1 2 2 1 0
  Chitren   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Walton   0.1 1 2 2 0 1
  Law   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
16
16
16
5
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen   2.0 4 5 3 1 2
  Crawford  W (3-2) 3.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Johnston   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Magnante   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
3
2
7

  E–Benzinger (3).  2B–Oakland Brosius (5,off Magnante), Kansas City Pecota 2 (22,off Darling,off Walton); Stillwell (17,off Klink); Berry (3,off Law).  3B–Kansas City Tartabull (3,off Darling).  HR–Kansas City Eisenreich (2,6th inning off Nelson 2 on, 1 out); McRae (7,7th inning off Chitren 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Steinbach (7,by Saberhagen); R Henderson (7,by Saberhagen); Stillwell (1,by Darling); Benzinger (3,by Walton).  SF–Eisenreich (6,off Darling).  SB–Brosius (3,Home off Saberhagen/Mayne); Gallego (6,2nd base off Saberhagen/Mayne); Blankenship (9,2nd base off Crawford/Mayne).  CS–R Henderson (18,2nd base by Saberhagen/Mayne).  WP–Walton (3), Saberhagen (8).  HBP–Darling (2,Stillwell); Walton (1,Benzinger); Saberhagen 2 (9,Steinbach,R Henderson).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:55.  A–18,552.
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