Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
August 2, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1987 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 13

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 4 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 4 0 2 0
Boggs 3b 2 0 1 0
Rice lf 4 0 0 0
Horn dh 3 1 0 0
Evans 1b 4 2 2 3
Greenwell rf 4 2 2 0
Owen ss 4 0 2 1
Sullivan c 2 0 0 1
  Benzinger ph 1 0 0 0
Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 6 3 3 0
Seitzer 3b 6 4 6 7
Brett dh 5 1 2 2
Tartabull rf 5 0 2 2
Jackson cf 5 0 1 0
Pecota 2b 4 2 2 0
Balboni 1b 4 1 3 2
Jones ss 3 2 1 0
Owen c 4 0 0 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 13 20 13
Boston 020 010 002591
Kansas City 101 240 05x13200
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley  L (3-11) 3.2 10 4 4 1 1
  Crawford   1.0 3 4 4 2 1
  Bolton   2.1 2 0 0 2 2
  Schiraldi   1.0 5 5 5 0 3
Totals
8.0
20
13
13
5
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza  W (9-10) 8.1 8 5 5 4 2
  Gleaton   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
2

  E–Rice (4).  DP–Boston 1, Kansas City 3.  PB–Owen (3).  2B–Kansas City Brett (13,off Stanley); Balboni (9,off Crawford); Smith (1,off Schiraldi); Seitzer (25,off Schiraldi).  3B–Boston Greenwell (1,off Gubicza).  HR–Boston Evans 2 (22,2nd inning off Gubicza 1 on, 1 out,9th inning off Gubicza 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City Seitzer 2 (9,3rd inning off Stanley 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Crawford 2 on, 2 out); Brett (9,8th inning off Schiraldi 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Sullivan (1,off Gubicza).  SH–Owen (5,off Stanley).  HBP–Jones (1,by Stanley).  SB–Pecota (1,2nd base off Schiraldi/Sullivan).  HBP–Stanley (1,Jones).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:51.  A–29,154.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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