Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 16, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1989 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays 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 8, Toronto Blue Jays 15

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 1 1 1
  Eisenreich cf 1 0 0 0
Seitzer 3b 4 1 0 0
Brett 1b 5 2 3 1
Tartabull rf 4 1 1 0
Buckner dh 5 1 2 1
Jackson lf 3 1 1 2
Boone c 3 0 0 1
  Thurman pr 0 0 0 0
  Macfarlane c 1 0 0 0
Pecota 2b 2 1 1 0
  White ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Wellman ss 3 0 3 2
  Tabler ph 1 0 0 0
  Stillwell ss 0 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 8
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Moseby cf 3 1 0 0
Gruber 3b 6 4 4 6
Borders c 6 1 2 2
Bell lf 5 2 3 2
  Ducey lf 0 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 1 2 2
Barfield rf 5 1 2 3
Brenly dh 1 0 0 0
  Mulliniks ph,dh 3 0 1 0
Lee ss 5 2 2 0
Lawless 2b 2 3 1 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 15 17 15
Kansas City 610 010 0008120
Toronto 240 300 33x15170
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister   1.2 9 6 6 0 1
  Saberhagen  L (1-1) 2.1 3 3 3 2 2
  Montgomery   2.0 0 0 0 3 2
  Gordon   1.0 2 3 3 3 2
  Gleaton   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.0
17
15
15
9
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb   0.1 4 6 6 3 0
  Wells  W (1-0) 4.0 6 2 2 1 3
  Castillo  SV (1) 4.2 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
5
5

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Kansas City Jackson (4,off Stieb); Pecota (1,off Wells), Toronto Bell 2 (5,off Bannister,off Saberhagen); McGriff 2 (4,off Bannister 2); Gruber (1,off Bannister); Borders 2 (3,off Bannister,off Gordon).  3B–Toronto Gruber (1,off Gordon).  HR–Toronto Gruber (3,1st inning off Bannister 0 on, 1 out); Barfield (4,4th inning off Saberhagen 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Wilson (1,off Castillo).  HBP–Boone (1,by Castillo).  IBB–Pecota (1,by Stieb); Mulliniks (1,by Montgomery).  SH–Moseby (1,off Bannister).  SB–Pecota (1,3rd base off Wells/Borders); Wellman (1,2nd base off Wells/Borders); Brett (7,2nd base off Wells/Borders); Moseby (2,2nd base off Montgomery/Boone); Bell (1,2nd base off Montgomery/Boone); Lawless (2,2nd base off Gordon/Macfarlane).  WP–Castillo (1).  HBP–Castillo (1,Boone).  IBB–Montgomery (1,Mulliniks); Stieb (1,Pecota).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:38.  A–35,210.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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