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Red Sox
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
August 9, 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 9, 1989 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 9, 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 9, 1989 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Boddicker |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Luis Aquino |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 37,225 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim McKean 1B: Ken Kaiser 2B: Larry Young 3B: Jim Joyce |
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 |
| Rick Cerone | 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 |
| Bo Jackson | Left Fielder |
| Jim Eisenreich | Center Fielder |
| Danny Tartabull | DH |
| Pat Tabler | Right Fielder |
| Bob Boone | Catcher |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| John Wathan | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
August 9, 1989
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Aquino
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Aquino
Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Burks vs. Aquino
Burks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Barrett moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Heep vs. Aquino
Heep hits a popup, foul, towards third. Seitzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Esasky vs. Aquino
Esasky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Barrett scores. Burks moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Rivera vs. Aquino
Rivera hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Stillwell vs. Boddicker
Stillwell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. Boddicker
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 -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Boddicker
Brett is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Boddicker
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rivera scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Aquino
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Aquino
Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kutcher vs. Aquino
Kutcher strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Eisenreich vs. Boddicker
Eisenreich hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kutcher. Eisenreich reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Tartabull vs. Boddicker
Tartabull hits a fly ball into left field. Heep settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Tabler vs. Boddicker
Tabler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Boone vs. Boddicker
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rivera scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Aquino
Boggs is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Aquino
Barrett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Burks vs. Aquino
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Heep vs. Aquino
Heep hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Esasky vs. Aquino
Esasky hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jackson. Esasky reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rivera vs. Aquino
Rivera 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
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
White vs. Boddicker
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, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Stillwell vs. Boddicker
Stillwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seitzer vs. Boddicker
Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rivera scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Aquino
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Aquino
Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kutcher vs. Aquino
Kutcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Boddicker
Brett hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Boddicker
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Boddicker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Eisenreich vs. Boddicker
Eisenreich hits a popup towards first. Esasky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Tartabull vs. Boddicker
Tartabull strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Aquino
Boggs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Aquino
Barrett hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burks vs. Aquino
Burks hits a line drive into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Heep vs. Aquino
Heep hits a popup into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabler vs. Boddicker
Tabler 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, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Boddicker
Boone is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
White vs. Boddicker
White hits a popup towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Esasky vs. Aquino
Esasky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Rivera vs. Aquino
Rivera strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Aquino
There goes Esasky. The throw from Boone and he is safe. Esasky steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Reed vs. Aquino
Reed hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Cerone vs. Aquino
Cerone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Esasky scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Kutcher vs. Aquino
Kutcher hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Cerone moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Boggs vs. Farr
Steve Farr now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Cerone moves to third. Kutcher moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Boggs vs. Farr
Boggs is walked intentionally. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Barrett vs. Farr
Barrett hits a popup into right field. Tabler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Stillwell vs. Boddicker
Stillwell hits a line drive into left field. Heep settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. Boddicker
Seitzer hits a line drive towards first. Esasky reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Boddicker
Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Farr
Burks strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heep vs. Farr
Heep 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, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Esasky vs. Farr
Esasky hits a fly ball into center field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Boddicker
Kevin Romine now playing left field.
Jackson strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Eisenreich vs. Boddicker
Eisenreich hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Tartabull vs. Boddicker
Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tabler vs. Boddicker
Tabler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tartabull moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boone vs. Murphy
Gary Thurman pinch runs for Pat Tabler. Rob Murphy now pitching.
Boone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tartabull moves to third. Thurman moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
White vs. Murphy
White strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Farr
Jim Eisenreich now playing right field. Gary Thurman now playing center field.
Rivera is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Farr
Reed hits a line drive into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Farr
Cerone hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Jackson. Cerone reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Kutcher vs. Farr
Kutcher hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Cerone scores. Kutcher moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Boggs vs. Farr
Boggs is walked intentionally. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Barrett vs. Farr
Barrett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kutcher scores. There goes Boggs trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Stillwell vs. Murphy
Stillwell bunts towards first. Esasky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stillwell for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. Murphy
Seitzer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Murphy
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Murphy covering. It's a double play. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Crawford
Steve Crawford now pitching.
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romine vs. Crawford
Romine hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Esasky vs. Crawford
Esasky is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Smith
Lee Smith now pitching.
Jackson 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, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Eisenreich vs. Smith
Eisenreich hits a fly ball into right field. Kutcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Tartabull vs. Smith
Tartabull hits a fly ball into right field. Kutcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/9/1989 -- Boston at Kansas City (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Boggs W, 3b 3 0 2 0 Stillwell K, ss 4 1 2 1
Barrett M, dh 5 1 2 1 Seitzer K, 3b 3 0 0 0
Burks E, cf 5 1 1 0 Brett G, 1b 4 1 1 1
Heep D, lf 4 1 1 2 Jackson B, lf 4 0 0 0
Romine K, lf 1 0 0 0 Eisenreich J, cf-rf 4 0 1 0
Esasky N, 1b 5 1 3 1 Tartabull D, dh 4 0 1 0
Rivera L, ss 4 0 0 0 Tabler P, rf 2 0 1 0
Reed J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Thurman G, pr-cf 0 0 0 0
Cerone R, c 4 1 2 1 Boone B, c 3 0 1 0
Kutcher R, rf 4 1 2 1 White F, 2b 3 0 0 0
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39 6 13 6 31 2 7 2
Boston 102 001 020 -- 6
Kansas City 100 100 000 -- 2
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker M (W) 6.2 6 2 2 1 4
Murphy R 1.1 1 0 0 1 1
Smith L 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Aquino L (L) 5.2 10 4 4 0 3
Farr S 2.1 3 2 2 2 2
Crawford S 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
DP -- Boston 3
LOB -- Boston 8, Kansas City 4
2B -- Eisenreich J, Esasky N, Cerone R
HR -- Stillwell K, Heep D, Brett G
SB -- Esasky N
WP -- Farr S
T -- 2:27
A -- 37225
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