Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
April 25, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1987 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 2, Detroit Tigers 13

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Salazar ss 4 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 4 0 2 0
  Pecota 3b 0 0 0 0
White 2b 2 0 0 0
  Biancalana 2b 1 0 0 0
Orta dh 4 1 1 1
Beniquez cf 4 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 4 0 1 0
Jackson lf 2 1 1 1
Balboni 1b 3 0 0 0
Quirk c 3 0 0 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bean lf 6 2 4 1
Sheridan rf 4 1 2 1
Nokes c 4 1 2 1
Trammell ss 5 1 1 2
Evans dh 5 1 2 1
Coles 3b 4 2 1 0
Bergman 1b 5 2 4 1
Lemon cf 2 2 0 1
Brookens 2b 5 1 2 3
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 13 18 11
Kansas City 000 010 100251
Detroit 202 310 14x13180
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza  L (1-3) 3.2 8 7 7 1 1
  Farr   2.1 4 1 1 1 3
  Anderson   2.0 6 5 5 1 2
Totals
8.0
18
13
13
3
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (2-2) 7.0 4 2 2 2 4
  King   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Robinson   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
6

  E–Gubicza (1).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Bean 2 (2,off Gubicza,off Anderson); Evans (5,off Gubicza).  HR–Kansas City B Jackson (4,5th inning off Morris 0 on, 1 out); Orta (1,7th inning off Morris 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Trammell (1,3rd inning off Gubicza 1 on, 2 out); Bergman (2,4th inning off Gubicza 0 on, 1 out); Evans (2,8th inning off Anderson 0 on, 1 out); Brookens (1,8th inning off Anderson 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Lemon (1,off Farr).  HBP–Coles (2,by Farr); Lemon (1,by Anderson).  SB–Nokes (1,2nd base off Farr/Quirk).  CS–Sheridan (3,3rd base by Gubicza/Quirk).  WP–Gubicza (1), King (2).  HBP–Farr (2,Coles); Anderson (1,Lemon).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:43.  A–18,052.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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