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Red Sox
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
August 7, 1989
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 7, 1989 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 7, 1989 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 7, 1989 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Wes Gardner |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mark Gubicza |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 40,803 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Young 1B: Jim Joyce 2B: Ken Kaiser 3B: Jim McKean |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wade Boggs | Third Baseman |
| Marty Barrett | DH |
| Ellis Burks | Center Fielder |
| Danny Heep | Left Fielder |
| Nick Esasky | First Baseman |
| Luis Rivera | Shortstop |
| Jody Reed | Second Baseman |
| Rich Gedman | Catcher |
| Randy Kutcher | Right Fielder |
| Joe Morgan | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Kurt Stillwell | Shortstop |
| Kevin Seitzer | Third Baseman |
| George Brett | First Baseman |
| Danny Tartabull | DH |
| Jim Eisenreich | Right Fielder |
| Pat Tabler | Left Fielder |
| Bob Boone | Catcher |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Gary Thurman | Center Fielder |
| John Wathan | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
August 7, 1989
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Gubicza
Boggs hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Gubicza scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boggs for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Gubicza
Barrett strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Gubicza
Burks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Heep vs. Gubicza
Heep hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Stillwell vs. Gardner
Stillwell strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. Gardner
Seitzer strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Gardner
Brett strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Esasky vs. Gubicza
Esasky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Gubicza
Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Gubicza
Reed hits a fly ball into right field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Tartabull vs. Gardner
Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rivera scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Eisenreich vs. Gardner
Eisenreich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Tabler vs. Gardner
There goes Eisenreich. The throw from Gedman and he is safe. Eisenreich steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Tabler vs. Gardner
Tabler strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Boone vs. Gardner
Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Heep settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gedman vs. Gubicza
Gedman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kutcher vs. Gubicza
Kutcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Gubicza
Boggs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kutcher moves to third. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Barrett vs. Gubicza
Barrett hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Tabler. Barrett reaches second base with a double. Kutcher scores. Boggs scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Burks vs. Gubicza
Burks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Barrett moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Heep vs. Gubicza
There goes Burks. The throw from Boone and he is safe. Burks steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Heep vs. Gubicza
Heep hits a ball on the ground for an out. Heep moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Esasky vs. Gubicza
Esasky strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
White vs. Gardner
White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Reed settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thurman vs. Gardner
Thurman strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Stillwell vs. Gardner
Stillwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Seitzer vs. Gardner
Seitzer hits a fly ball into right field. Kutcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Gubicza
Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gubicza fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Gubicza
Reed takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gedman vs. Gubicza
Gubicza fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Gubicza. Reed moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Gedman vs. Gubicza
Gedman hits a fly ball into left field. Tabler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Reed tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kutcher vs. Gubicza
Kutcher strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Gardner
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Tartabull vs. Gardner
Tartabull strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Eisenreich vs. Gardner
Eisenreich hits a fly ball into right field. Kutcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Gubicza
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Gubicza
Barrett bunts towards first. Brett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Barrett for the out. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Burks vs. Gubicza
Burks hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Boggs scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heep vs. Gubicza
Heep hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burks moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Esasky vs. Gubicza
Esasky strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Rivera vs. Gubicza
Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Burks trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Heep moves to second. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tabler vs. Gardner
Tabler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Gardner
Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Heep settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
White vs. Gardner
White hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Tabler moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Thurman vs. Gardner
Thurman strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Stillwell vs. Gardner
Stillwell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Tabler scores. White moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Seitzer vs. Gardner
Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Gubicza
Reed hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gedman vs. Gubicza
Gedman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Reed moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Kutcher vs. Gubicza
Kutcher hits a fly ball into right field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Boggs vs. Gubicza
Boggs is walked intentionally. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Barrett vs. Gubicza
Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Gardner
Brett takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Tartabull vs. Gardner
Tartabull takes first base on ball four. Brett moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Eisenreich vs. Gardner
Eisenreich hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tabler vs. Harris
Greg Harris now pitching.
Tabler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Harris
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
White vs. Harris
White strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Gubicza
Burks hits a fly ball into right field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Heep vs. Gubicza
Heep hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gubicza fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Esasky vs. Gubicza
Esasky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thurman vs. Harris
Thurman hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Stillwell vs. Harris
Stillwell bunts towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. Thurman moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Seitzer vs. Harris
Seitzer strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Brett vs. Harris
Brett is walked intentionally. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Tartabull vs. Harris
Tartabull strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Gubicza
Rivera hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Gubicza
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gedman vs. Gubicza
Gedman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Eisenreich. Gedman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Kutcher vs. Gubicza
Carlos Quintana pinch runs for Rich Gedman.
Kutcher hits a fly ball into right field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Eisenreich vs. Harris
Rick Cerone now catching.
Eisenreich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rivera fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tabler vs. Harris
Tabler bunts towards first. Esasky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Harris
Boone hits a fly ball to center field. Burks throws towards Rivera. Rivera fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Rivera. Eisenreich goes all the way around to score. Boone moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
White vs. Smith
Lee Smith now pitching.
White hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Boone scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Thurman vs. Smith
Thurman strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Stillwell vs. Smith
Stillwell strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Farr
Willie Wilson now playing center field. Gary Thurman now playing right field. Jim Eisenreich now playing left field. Steve Farr now pitching.
Boggs hits a line drive towards third. Seitzer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Farr
Barrett hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Farr
Burks strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/7/1989 -- Boston at Kansas City (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Boggs W, 3b 4 2 2 0 Stillwell K, ss 4 0 2 1
Barrett M, dh 4 0 1 2 Seitzer K, 3b 4 0 0 0
Burks E, cf 5 0 3 1 Brett G, 1b 2 1 0 0
Heep D, lf 4 0 1 0 Tartabull D, dh 3 1 0 0
Esasky N, 1b 4 0 0 0 Eisenreich J, rf-lf 4 2 3 3
Rivera L, ss 4 0 1 0 Tabler P, lf 3 1 0 0
Reed J, 2b 3 1 1 0 Wilson W, cf 0 0 0 0
Gedman R, c 3 0 1 1 Boone B, c 4 1 1 0
Quintana C, pr 0 0 0 0 White F, 2b 4 0 2 1
Cerone R, c 0 0 0 0 Thurman G, cf-rf 4 0 1 0
Kutcher R, rf 4 1 1 0
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35 4 11 4 32 6 9 5
Boston 002 110 000 -- 4
Kansas City 000 013 02x -- 6
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Gardner W* 5.0 5 4 4 3 7
Harris G (L) 2.1 3 2 1 1 3
Smith L 0.2 1 0 0 0 2
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza M (W) 8.0 11 4 3 2 4
Farr S (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 6th
E -- Gubicza M, Rivera L
LOB -- Boston 8, Kansas City 7
2B -- Barrett M, Gedman R
HR -- Eisenreich J
SB -- Eisenreich J, Burks E
SH -- Barrett M, Stillwell K
SF -- Gedman R
T -- 2:56
A -- 40803
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