Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
September 8, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1989 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 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

Minnesota Twins 0, Kansas City Royals 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman 3b,ss 4 0 0 0
Gladden lf 4 0 2 0
Puckett cf 3 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 4 0 1 0
Larkin dh 3 0 0 0
  Sorrento ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Bush rf 4 0 1 0
Harper c 4 0 1 0
Backman 2b 3 0 0 0
Gagne ss 2 0 1 0
  Hale ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Seitzer 3b 4 0 1 0
Wilson cf 4 1 2 0
Brett 1b 2 0 1 2
Jackson lf 4 1 1 1
  Thurman lf 0 0 0 0
Eisenreich rf 4 1 1 0
Tartabull dh 4 1 2 2
Stillwell ss 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 1 0
  Wellman 2b 0 0 0 0
Boone c 3 1 1 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 5
Minnesota 000 000 000062
Kansas City 001 111 20x6100
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (10-6) 6.0 8 4 3 1 6
  Guthrie   2.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
1
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza  W (15-10) 7.0 5 0 0 1 6
  Crawford   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Montgomery   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
7

  E–Gladden (9), Gagne (16).  2B–Minnesota Gladden (19,off Gubicza), Kansas City White (20,off Smith); Eisenreich (29,off Smith); Tartabull (20,off Smith).  HR–Kansas City Tartabull (16,4th inning off Smith 0 on, 1 out); Jackson (31,7th inning off Guthrie 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Brett (9,off Guthrie).  SB–Gladden (20,2nd base off Gubicza/Boone).  WP–Gubicza (9).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–2:08.  A–28,435.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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