The Kansas City Royals squeaked out a win over the Boston Red Sox, 9 to 8, on April 7, 1989.

Final

Red Sox

0-3

8

Royals

3-1

9

BOS

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

0

3

4

0

1

5

0

6

3

1

7

1

0

8

3

0

9

1

4

R

8

9

H

11

12

E

2

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 3rd

BOS

KCR

Single by Kevin Seitzer; Bob Boone scored.

0

1

Single by George Brett; Kurt Stillwell scored.

0

2

George Brett stole second and Kevin Seitzer stole home.

0

3

Bottom 4th

BOS

KCR

Single by Bob Boone; Bo Jackson scored.

0

4

Top 6th

BOS

KCR

Single by Ellis Burks; Mike Greenwell scored.

1

4

Home run by Jim Rice; Ellis Burks scored.

3

4

Bottom 6th

BOS

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Frank White; Bo Jackson scored.

3

5

Top 7th

BOS

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Rick Cerone; Jody Reed scored.

4

5

Top 8th

BOS

KCR

Home run by Ellis Burks.

5

Single by Sam Horn; Nick Esasky scored.

6

5

Sacrifice fly by Marty Barrett; Jody Reed scored.

7

5

Top 9th

BOS

KCR

Home run by Mike Greenwell.

8

5

Bottom 9th

BOS

KCR

Single by George Brett; Error by Ellis Burks; Kurt Stillwell and Jim Eisenreich scored.

8

7

Single by Danny Tartabull; Kevin Seitzer scored.

8

Single by Bob Boone; Danny Tartabull scored.

8

9

Red Sox

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Wade Boggs 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
Marty Barrett 2B	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	3
Dwight Evans RF	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	1
Mike Greenwell LF	5	2	1	1	1	0	2	4
Ellis Burks CF	5	2	3	2	1	0	0	7
Jim Rice DH	5	1	1	2	1	0	1	4
Nick Esasky 1B	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
Jody Reed SS	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Rick Cerone C	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Sam Horn PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Rich Gedman C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	36	8	11	8	3	4	7	22

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Oil Can Boyd	5.0	6	5	5	2	2
Bob Stanley	3.0	2	0	0	1	0
Lee Smith (L)	0.0	2	4	4	2	0
Dennis Lamp	0.2	2	0	0	0	0
Totals	8.2	12	9	9	5	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Willie Wilson CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Eisenreich CF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Seitzer 3B	4	2	1	1	1	0	1	1
George Brett 1B	5	0	2	3	0	0	1	2
Danny Tartabull RF	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	1
Pat Tabler DH	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bo Jackson LF	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	3
Bob Boone C	5	1	4	2	0	0	0	5
Frank White 2B	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kurt Stillwell SS	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	1
Totals	37	9	12	8	5	2	3	14

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Floyd Bannister	6.2	7	4	3	1	6	1
Tom Gordon	0.2	3	3	3	2	1	1
Jerry Don Gleaton	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jeff Montgomery (W)	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	1
Totals	9.0	11	8	7	4	7	3

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Perez

RBI

23

Perez

AVG

.348

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

33

Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

28

5th

R

117

11th

SO

183

29th

ERA

3.16

5th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	17	7	.708
Royals	15	10	.600	2.5
Tigers	14	11	.560	3.5
Twins	10	13	.435	6.5
White Sox	3	21	.125	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 4/25	TOR	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Fri 4/26	KCR	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sat 4/27	KCR	@	DET	6:10 PM
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM

Last Game

Royals

15-10

3

Final

2

Blue Jays

13-12

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

23

García

23

Ward

Batting Average Leaders

.371

Ohtani

.365

Betts

.359

Contreras

Hit Leaders

39

Ohtani

38

Betts

36

Altuve

Run Leaders

26

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.468

Betts

.439

Contreras

.433

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.695

Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

.651

Cruz

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

40

Crochet

39

Jones

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

0.85

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

441.7

Betts

430.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

334

Betts

327

Cruz

319

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0