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Blue Jays
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
April 6, 1989
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on April 6, 1989 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 6, 1989 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 6, 1989 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Flanagan |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bret Saberhagen |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 18,883 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 54 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Vic Voltaggio 1B: Derryl Cousins 2B: Jim McKean 3B: Ken Kaiser |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lloyd Moseby | Center Fielder |
| Kelly Gruber | Third Baseman |
| Tony Fernandez | Shortstop |
| George Bell | Left Fielder |
| Fred McGriff | First Baseman |
| Jesse Barfield | Right Fielder |
| Ernie Whitt | Catcher |
| Rance Mulliniks | DH |
| Manuel Lee | Second Baseman |
| Jimy Williams | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Willie Wilson | Center Fielder |
| Kevin Seitzer | Third Baseman |
| George Brett | First Baseman |
| Danny Tartabull | Right Fielder |
| Pat Tabler | DH |
| Bo Jackson | Left Fielder |
| Bob Boone | Catcher |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Bill Pecota | Shortstop |
| John Wathan | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
April 6, 1989
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Moseby vs. Saberhagen
Moseby hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Gruber vs. Saberhagen
Gruber hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Moseby moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Fernandez vs. Saberhagen
Fernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Saberhagen
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pecota fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
McGriff vs. Saberhagen
McGriff strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Flanagan
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. Flanagan
Seitzer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Flanagan
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lee fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. Saberhagen
Barfield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Saberhagen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Whitt vs. Saberhagen
Whitt hits a fly ball into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mulliniks vs. Saberhagen
Mulliniks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pecota scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tartabull vs. Flanagan
Tartabull hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Tabler vs. Flanagan
Tabler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Flanagan
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Saberhagen
Lee takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Moseby vs. Saberhagen
Moseby hits a fly ball into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gruber vs. Saberhagen
Gruber hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Saberhagen
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Saberhagen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Flanagan
Boone hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
White vs. Flanagan
White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Flanagan fields it and throws to first for the out. Boone moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Pecota vs. Flanagan
Pecota hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Wilson vs. Flanagan
Wilson hits a line drive into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Saberhagen
Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
McGriff vs. Saberhagen
McGriff hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Barfield vs. Saberhagen
Barfield hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wilson. Barfield reaches second base with a double. Bell scores. McGriff moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Whitt vs. Saberhagen
Whitt hits a popup towards third. Seitzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Mulliniks vs. Saberhagen
Mulliniks strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Lee vs. Saberhagen
Lee strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. Flanagan
Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lee scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Flanagan
Brett hits a popup towards third. Gruber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Tartabull vs. Flanagan
Tartabull takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Tabler vs. Flanagan
Flanagan fires to first and has Tartabull trapped. There's the throw to Fernandez who tags Tartabull for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Moseby vs. Saberhagen
Moseby hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gruber vs. Saberhagen
Gruber hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Saberhagen
There goes Gruber. The throw from Boone and he is out, Pecota applying the tag. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Saberhagen
Fernandez hits a line drive into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tabler vs. Flanagan
Tabler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Flanagan
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Flanagan
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Flanagan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Saberhagen
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Saberhagen
McGriff hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Barfield vs. Saberhagen
Barfield strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Whitt vs. Saberhagen
Whitt hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tartabull who is chasing the ball. Whitt reaches third base with a triple. McGriff goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Mulliniks vs. Saberhagen
Mulliniks strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Flanagan
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Pecota vs. Flanagan
Pecota takes first base on ball four. White moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wilson vs. Flanagan
Wilson bunts towards third. Gruber fields it and throws to first for the out. White moves to third. Pecota moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Seitzer vs. Flanagan
Seitzer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Brett vs. Flanagan
Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White tags and scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Tartabull vs. Ward
Duane Ward now pitching.
Tartabull strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Montgomery
Jeff Montgomery now pitching.
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lee for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moseby vs. Montgomery
Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Montgomery fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gruber vs. Montgomery
Gruber hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Montgomery
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer juggles the ball. That's an error on Seitzer. Gruber moves to third. Fernandez moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Bell vs. Montgomery
Bell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Tabler vs. Ward
Tabler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Ward
Jim Eisenreich pinch runs for Pat Tabler.
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Ward
There goes Jackson. The throw from Whitt and he is safe. Jackson steals second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Boone vs. Ward
Boone hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Jackson moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Stillwell vs. Ward
Rey Palacios pinch runs for Bob Boone. Kurt Stillwell pinch hits for Frank White.
Stillwell hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jackson tags and scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Buckner vs. Ward
Bill Buckner pinch hits for Bill Pecota.
Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lee fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Montgomery
Brad Wellman now playing second base. Kurt Stillwell now playing shortstop. Rey Palacios now catching.
McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brett scoops it up and throws to first, with Montgomery covering, for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. Montgomery
Barfield hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Whitt vs. Montgomery
Whitt is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Ward
Wilson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Seitzer vs. Castillo
Tony Castillo now pitching.
Seitzer bunts towards third. Gruber fields it and throws to first for the out. Wilson moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Brett vs. Castillo
Brett is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Tartabull vs. Stottlemyre
Todd Stottlemyre now pitching.
Tartabull takes first base on ball four. Wilson scores. Brett moves to third. Tartabull moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Eisenreich vs. Stottlemyre
Eisenreich hits a line drive towards short. Fernandez catches it and throws to second to double up Tartabull. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mulliniks vs. Farr
Steve Farr now pitching.
Mulliniks strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Liriano vs. Farr
Nelson Liriano pinch hits for Manuel Lee.
Liriano bunts towards the right side of the infield. Wellman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Moseby vs. Farr
Moseby is called out on strikes. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Gruber vs. Farr
Gruber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/6/1989 -- Toronto at Kansas City (N)
Toronto AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Moseby L, cf 5 0 1 0 Wilson W, cf 2 1 0 0
Gruber K, 3b 5 0 3 0 Seitzer K, 3b 1 0 0 0
Fernandez T, ss 4 0 0 0 Brett G, 1b 2 0 0 1
Bell G, lf 4 1 1 0 Tartabull D, rf 2 0 1 0
McGriff F, 1b 4 1 2 0 Tabler P, dh 2 0 0 0
Barfield J, rf 4 0 1 1 Eisenreich J, pr 1 0 0 0
Whitt E, c 4 0 1 1 Jackson B, lf 3 1 0 0
Mulliniks R, dh 4 0 0 0 Boone B, c 3 0 2 0
Lee M, 2b 2 0 0 0 Palacios R, pr-c 0 0 0 0
Liriano N, ph 1 0 1 0 White F, 2b 2 1 1 0
Stillwell K, ph-ss 0 0 0 1
Pecota B, ss 1 0 0 0
Buckner B, ph 1 0 0 0
Wellman B, 2b 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 2 10 2 20 3 4 2
Toronto 000 101 000 -- 2
Kansas City 000 001 11x -- 3
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan M 5.2 3 1 1 4 0
Ward D (L)* 1.1 1 2 1 2 1
Castillo T 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Stottlemyre T 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen B 6.0 8 2 2 1 5
Montgomery J (W) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Farr S (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
E -- Seitzer K, Whitt E
DP -- Toronto 3
LOB -- Toronto 9, Kansas City 5
2B -- Barfield J
3B -- Whitt E
SB -- Jackson B
CS -- Tartabull D, Gruber K
SH -- Wilson W, Seitzer K
SF -- Brett G, Stillwell K
T -- 2:54
A -- 18883
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