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September 1, 1989

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Royals 3 4 1
Rangers 3 4 0
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Royals 3 4 1
Rangers 3 4 0

Julio Franco Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .315
OBP .667 .384
At Bats 2 483
Hits 1 152
• Singles 1 108
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 1 57
RBI’s 0 88

Tom Gordon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
16 5 1
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Arlington Stadium - September 1, 1989
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Tom Gordon
Bob Boone
George Brett
Frank White
Kevin Seitzer
Kurt Stillwell
Jim Eisenreich
Willie Wilson
Pat Tabler
Julio Franco
Ruben Sierra
Count: 3-1, 2 Outs
Count: 3-1, 2 Outs

Franco takes first base on ball four. Sierra moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Sierra takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Baines hits a line drive into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Palmeiro hits a fly ball into left field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Eisenreich hits a popup towards third. Buechele settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jackson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kreuter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Frank White now playing second base. Buechele hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Frank White pinch runs for Danny Tartabull. Seitzer hits a fly ball into left field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Danny Tartabull pinch hits for Bill Pecota. Tartabull takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tabler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Franco settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kunkel strikes out.
Bottom 6 Leach hits a line drive into right field. Tabler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Franco takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Sierra hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Baines moves to second.
Bottom 6 Baines hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Palmeiro takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Stillwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Eisenreich hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brett moves to third.
Top 6 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 The ball gets by Kreuter for a passed ball. Brett moves to second.
Top 6 Brett takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Wilson hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kreuter hits a popup, foul, towards third. Seitzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Buechele strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kunkel hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Seitzer strikes out. Kreuter drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Seitzer out.
Top 5 Pecota hits a line drive into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Juan Gonzalez now playing center field. Boone strikes out.
Bottom 4 Leach hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Leach for the out.
Bottom 4 Franco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Stillwell. Franco moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sierra hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Baines hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pecota scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Tabler strikes out.
Top 4 Stillwell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Eisenreich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Palmeiro scoops it up and throws to first, with Hough covering, for the out.
Top 4 Jackson strikes out.
Top 4 Brett hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Palmeiro hits a ball on the ground towards second. Pecota fields it, throws to first for one, and over to second, with Stillwell covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 3 Espy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pecota fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Kreuter takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Wilson hits a fly ball into left field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Seitzer takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Pecota. The throw from Kreuter and he is safe. Pecota steals second.
Top 3 Pecota hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Tabler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Buechele strikes out.
Bottom 2 Kunkel strikes out.
Bottom 2 Leach hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Franco moves to third. Leach moves to second.
Bottom 2 Franco hits a line drive beyond second. Pecota can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 2 Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pecota scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Stillwell hits a fly ball into center field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Eisenreich hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Baines hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baines for the out.
Bottom 1 Palmeiro hits a line drive into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Espy hits a line drive into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Wilson hits a popup towards third. Buechele settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Seitzer hits a fly ball into center field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.