Kansas City Royals (6) Oakland Athletics (5)

| 1987

Date of Game: Sunday, September 13, 1987
Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Kansas City Royals (AL)	Oakland Athletics (AL)
Record: 72-71	Record: 72-71
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Attendance: 27,683 Time of Game: 3:06

Game Notes:

Dennis Eckersley - Struck out at least 2 batters per inning (1.2+ ip)

None listed
Best at-bats

Alfredo Griffin ? in 2nd inning (28.39)

Steve Balboni HR in 2nd inning (18.2)

George Brett ? in 3rd inning (15.73)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Royals	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	11	1
Oakland Athletics	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	7	0

Kansas City Royals Batting Stats

Kansas City Royals	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Willie Wilson	cf	32.066	4	1	2	1	1	1	.273	127	1394	4	23	46
Kevin Seitzer	3b	25.171	4	1	2	1	1	2	.323	142	170	14	73	10
George Brett	1b	34.121	3	0	1	1	1	0	.292	98	1839	19	64	5
Danny Tartabull	rf	24.318	4	0	1	1	1	3	.299	139	305	27	82	5
Frank White	2b	37.009	4	0	0	0	0	1	.247	137	1940	15	71	1
Steve Balboni	dh	30.240	4	1	1	1	0	1	.223	110	602	22	56	0
Bill Pecota	ss	27.210	4	0	0	0	0	2	.276	47	59	2	4	4
Angel Salazar	ss	25.313	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	106	339	2	21	4
Gary Thurman	lf	22.305	4	1	3	0	0	0	.318	12	12	0	3	5
Larry Owen	c	32.105	4	2	1	0	0	2	.185	69	127	3	11	0
Gene Garber	p	39.305	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	55	891	0	0	0
Totals:			35	6	11	5	4	12	.314	1042	7678

Oakland Athletics Batting Stats

Oakland Athletics	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Luis Polonia	lf	22.336	4	0	1	1	0	1	.292	108	108	3	45	25
Tony Bernazard	2b	31.020	3	0	0	0	1	1	.255	130	1055	14	49	11
Dwayne Murphy	cf	32.178	3	1	2	1	1	0	.235	64	1195	4	26	3
Stan Javier	pr-cf	23.248	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	70	136	2	7	3
Carney Lansford	3b	30.218	4	0	0	0	0	0	.299	135	1273	18	72	25
Jerry Willard	dh	27.183	2	1	0	0	1	1	.000	4	270	0	0	0
Jose Canseco	ph	23.073	1	0	0	0	0	0	.265	141	327	28	99	12
Mark McGwire	1b	23.348	4	0	1	0	0	2	.284	133	151	43	105	1
Mike Gallego	pr	26.317	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	57	153	2	11	0
Mike Davis	rf	28.094	4	2	2	0	0	2	.257	123	772	20	65	15
Terry Steinbach	c	25.195	3	1	1	0	1	0	.286	105	111	13	51	1
Walt Weiss	pr	23.290	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4	4	0	0	0
Alfredo Griffin	ss	29.342	3	0	0	2	0	0	.266	136	1363	3	59	26
Gene Nelson	p	26.284	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	44	146	0	0	0
Dennis Lamp	p	34.355	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	30	370	0	0	0
Greg Cadaret	p	25.198	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	22	22	0	0	0
Dennis Eckersley	p	32.345	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	45	144	0	0	0
Totals:			31	5	7	4	4	7	.226	1351	7600

Game Stats

HR: Steve Balboni (22), Dwayne Murphy (4)
RBIs: Steve Balboni (56), George Brett (64), Alfredo Griffin 2 (59), Dwayne Murphy (26), Luis Polonia (45), Kevin Seitzer (73), Danny Tartabull (82), Willie Wilson (23)
SB: Gary Thurman (5)
CS: George Brett (2), Alfredo Griffin (11), Luis Polonia (5)
SF: George Brett (6), Alfredo Griffin (3)
GDP: George Brett (9)

Kansas City Royals Pitching Stats

Kansas City Royals	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Mark Gubicza (W 11-16)	25.030	7.1	5	4	4	4	7	1	4.29	1.49	0	0	0	31	124
Gene Garber (Sv 13)	39.305	1.2	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.44	1.64	0	0	0	55	898
Pitching Totals:		9	7	5	4	4	7	1			0	0	0	86	1022

Oakland Athletics Pitching Stats

Oakland Athletics	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Rick Honeycutt (L 2-14)	33.076	2.1	5	5	4	2	2	1	4.76	1.56	0	0	0	31	306
Gene Nelson	26.284	3.2	2	0	0	0	5	0	3.52	1.22	0	0	0	49	209
Dennis Lamp	34.355	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	4.58	1.65	0	0	0	35	431
Greg Cadaret	25.198	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.76	1.50	0	0	0	22	22
Dennis Eckersley	32.345	2.1	1	0	0	1	5	0	3.08	1.01	0	0	0	47	423
Pitching Totals:		9	11	6	5	4	12	1			0	0	0	184	1391

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mark Gubicza 0-0-0; Gene Garber 0-0-0; Rick Honeycutt 0-0-0; Gene Nelson 0-0-0; Dennis Lamp 0-0-0; Greg Cadaret 0-0-0; Dennis Eckersley 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Mark Gubicza 30; Gene Garber 6; Rick Honeycutt 13; Gene Nelson 12; Dennis Lamp 4; Greg Cadaret 2; Dennis Eckersley 9;
Time of Game: 3:06 Attendance: 27,683
Umpires: Home: Ted Hendry 1B Dale Ford 2B Jim Evans 3B Derryl Cousins

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