Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners
June 6, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 1989 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners 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, Seattle Mariners 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 4 1 1 0
Seitzer 3b 3 0 0 0
Eisenreich cf 3 1 2 2
Jackson lf 4 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 4 0 1 0
Tabler 1b 3 0 0 0
Buckner dh 3 0 0 0
White 2b 0 0 0 0
  Wellman 2b 3 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 3 0 0 0
Clarke p 0 0 0 0
  Luecken p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Reynolds 2b 3 1 1 1
Cotto lf,cf 4 1 1 0
Davis 1b 3 1 1 3
Leonard dh 4 0 2 0
Presley 3b 4 0 2 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 0 0 0
  Briley lf 0 0 0 0
Buhner rf 4 1 1 1
Vizquel ss 3 1 1 0
McGuire c 3 0 1 0
Bankhead p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 10 5
Kansas City 000 001 001240
Seattle 300 101 00x5100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Clarke  L (0-2) 6.0 8 5 5 2 2
  Luecken   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
3
3
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bankhead  W (3-4) 7.0 3 1 1 2 5
  Jackson   2.0 1 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
9

  E–None.  3B–Kansas City Stillwell (1,off Bankhead).  HR–Kansas City Eisenreich (3,9th inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out), Seattle Davis (6,1st inning off Clarke 2 on, 0 out); Buhner (2,6th inning off Clarke 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Eisenreich (3,off Bankhead).  SB–Eisenreich (9,2nd base off Bankhead/McGuire).  CS–Reynolds (6,2nd base by Clarke/Macfarlane).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:19.  A–10,171.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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