Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
May 8, 1992 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1992 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 1, Kansas City Royals 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 0 0 0
Reed 2b 5 0 1 1
Winningham lf 4 0 2 0
Burks cf 4 0 1 0
Plantier rf 3 0 2 0
Clark dh 4 0 0 0
  Zupcic pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 3 0 0 0
Pena c 3 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 1 0
Rivera ss 4 1 1 0
Hesketh p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 8 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Miller 2b 4 1 1 0
McRae cf 2 0 1 0
Jefferies 3b 3 0 0 0
Joyner 1b 3 0 0 0
Brett dh 3 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 3 1 0 0
Melvin c 3 0 1 0
Thurman rf 3 0 0 1
Rossy ss 2 0 0 0
Appier p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 3 1
Boston 000 010 000182
Kansas City 000 110 00x232
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hesketh  L (0-2) 8.0 3 2 0 2 5
Totals
8.0
3
2
0
2
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  W (2-2) 8.0 7 1 1 2 8
  Montgomery  SV (6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
9

  E–Reed (1), Vaughn (4), Miller (5), Jefferies (6).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Plantier 2 (9,off Appier 2); Reed (9,off Appier); Cooper (1,off Montgomery), Kansas City Miller (10,off Hesketh).  SH–McRae (3,off Hesketh).  CS–McRae (2,2nd base by Hesketh/Pena).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:45.  A–22,063.
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