July 26, 1989 Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox Box Score and Play by Play

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KCR 7
@BOS 4 CHW 5
SEA 3 CLE 9
NYY 7 MIL 3
DET 2 MIN 5
BAL 4 OAK 9
CAL 5 TEX 11
TOR 1 ATL 5
SFG 4 SDP 5
@CIN 3 HOU 6
LAD 2 PHI 4
@MON 3 PIT 3
@NYM 2 STL 2
CHC 0

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 34,681

Wednesday, July 26, 1989, 7:36
Time of Game: 2:58

Royals

55-45

Won 1

3rd, 5½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Royals          0  0  1   1  2  2   1  0  0    7 12  0
Red Sox         2  1  1   0  0  0   0  0  0    4 10  2

W: B Saberhagen (10-5), L: J Price (2-6), S: J Montgomery (5)

Red Sox

46-49

Lost 1

4th, 5½ GB

BATTING

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
W Wilson CF                   5   1   4   2    0   0  .248  .628   21    4   0   SB,CS
K Seitzer 3B                  4   1   2   1    0   1  .289  .738   22    0   0   SF
G Brett 1B                    5   0   1   1    0   1  .261  .739   22   10   0   2B
P Tabler DH                   4   2   0   0    1   0  .265  .637   22    0   0   
M Winters RF                  4   0   2   0    0   1  .277  .808   15    1   0   
  B Wellman PR-SS             1   0   0   0    0   0  .224  .537    4    1   1   
B Boone C                     3   0   1   0    1   0  .283  .713   12    6   0   GDP,IW
F White 2B                    3   0   0   1    1   0  .241  .582   15    3   5   
B Pecota SS-RF                3   2   1   0    1   1  .216  .839   23    0   6   2B,SB
G Thurman LF                  4   1   1   0    0   0  .226  .609   16    2   0   SB

B Saberhagen P                                                           0   0
  J Montgomery P                                                         0   0
Totals                       36   7  12   5    4   4              172   27  12

BATTING

2B: B Pecota (3, off E Hetzel); G Brett (12, off J Price).

SF: K Seitzer (2, off D Lamp).

IBB: B Boone (4, by J Price).

TB: W Wilson 4; B Pecota 2; M Winters 2; K Seitzer 2; G Brett 2; G Thurman; B Boone.

GIDP: B Boone (8).

RBI: W Wilson 2 (23); F White (23); K Seitzer (36); G Brett (41).

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 5 for 13.

FIELDING

DP: 2. B Pecota-F White-G Brett; F White-B Wellman-G Brett.

BASERUNNING

SB: B Pecota (3, 3rd base off J Price/R Gedman); G Thurman (7, 2nd base off J Price/R Gedman); W Wilson (15, 2nd base off E Hetzel/R Gedman).

CS: W Wilson (6, 2nd base by D Lamp/R Gedman).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
W Boggs 3B                    5   0   1   0    0   1  .329  .905   17    1   1   2B,GDP
J Reed 2B                     4   1   1   0    1   2  .263  .698   19    2   5   2B
K Romine CF                   4   1   2   2    1   0  .333  .756   19    4   1   2B
M Greenwell LF                4   0   2   0    1   0  .308  .826   14    3   0   IW
D Heep RF                     4   0   1   1    0   0  .306  .740   16    3   0   2B
N Esasky 1B                   2   1   1   1    2   1  .262  .801   14    7   0   HR,IW
J Rice DH                     4   0   0   0    0   1  .239  .633   20    0   0   GDP
L Rivera SS                   4   0   0   0    0   1  .274  .704   12    2   2   
R Gedman C                    4   1   2   0    0   0  .202  .558    8    5   1   2B

E Hetzel P                                                               0   0
  J Price P                                                              0   0
  D Lamp P                                                               0   0
  R Murphy P                                                             0   0
Totals                       35   4  10   4    5   6              139   27  10

BATTING

2B: J Reed (26, off B Saberhagen); K Romine (7, off B Saberhagen); W Boggs (31, off B Saberhagen); D Heep (6, off B Saberhagen); R Gedman (6, off B Saberhagen).

HR: N Esasky (16, off B Saberhagen; 3rd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep CF-RF).

IBB: M Greenwell (11, by B Saberhagen); N Esasky (3, by B Saberhagen).

TB: N Esasky 4; K Romine 3; R Gedman 3; M Greenwell 2; D Heep 2; W Boggs 2; J Reed 2.

GIDP: J Rice (4); W Boggs (11).

RBI: K Romine 2 (10); D Heep (20); N Esasky (57).

2-out RBI: K Romine.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 3 for 11.

FIELDING

DP: 2. L Rivera-J Reed-N Esasky; K Romine-L Rivera.

E: W Boggs (8); D Heep (3).

PITCHING

Kansas City Royals            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Saberhagen, W (10-5)         6.2   9   4   4    5   4   1   2.81   33  116-69   45· 5·19   10·10· 4· 0     39    -     1.02  -0.11
J Montgomery, S (5)            2.1   1   0   0    0   2   0   1.40    7   23-16    7· 2· 7    2· 3· 0· 0          3-0    1.29   0.20
Totals                         9    10   4   4    5   6   1          40  139-85   52· 7·26   12·13· 4· 0          3-0

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
E Hetzel                       4     7   4   4    2   3   0   3.25   20   85-50   36· 4·10    8· 5· 2· 0     33    -     1.34  -0.20
J Price, L (2-6)               1     3   2   2    2   1   0   4.84    8   30-16    7· 3· 6    1· 2· 2· 0          1-1    1.85  -0.24
D Lamp                         3     2   1   0    0   0   0   3.51   10   44-28   17· 3· 8    4· 3· 3· 0          2-1    0.62   0.01
R Murphy                       1     0   0   0    0   0   0   2.45    3    7-7     5· 1· 1    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.13   0.01
Totals                         9    12   7   6    4   4   0          41  166-101  65·11·25   14·12· 7· 0          3-2

E Hetzel faced 2 batters in the 5th inning.
J Price faced 3 batters in the 6th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: J Price (4; B Boone); B Saberhagen 2 (6; N Esasky, M Greenwell).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Larry Young, 1B - Jim Joyce, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Ken Kaiser.

Time of Game: 2:58.

Attendance: 34,681.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 92° F, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Kansas City Royals            Boston Red Sox                       
1. W Wilson             CF    1. W Boggs              3B 
2. K Seitzer            3B    2. J Reed               2B 
3. G Brett              1B    3. K Romine             CF 
4. P Tabler             DH    4. M Greenwell          LF 
5. M Winters            RF    5. D Heep               RF 
6. B Boone              C     6. N Esasky             1B 
7. F White              2B    7. J Rice               DH 
8. B Pecota             SS    8. L Rivera             SS 
9. G Thurman            LF    9. R Gedman             C  

   B Saberhagen         P        E Hetzel             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 5   0  4-2  1--  4   19%  49% K Seitzer       E Hetzel        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Wilson Scores/Adv on E9 (throw); Seitzer to 3B
   t 4   1  4-2  123  5  -18%  21% G Thurman       E Hetzel        Line Drive Double Play: CF-SS
   b 1   1  0-1  12-  5  -11%  21% D Heep          B Saberhagen    Double to LF (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Greenwell to 3B; Romine Scores
   t 4   0  4-1  123  5   11%  48% F White         E Hetzel        Walk; Tabler Scores; Winters to 3B; Boone to 2B
   b 1   1  0-2  123  2   10%  30% J Rice          B Saberhagen    Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Eric Hetzel facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  8   48%  W Wilson        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  6   50%  K Seitzer       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  5   47%  G Brett         Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  6   45%  P Tabler        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Bret Saberhagen facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   47%  W Boggs         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  1   43%  J Reed          Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   R      -2-  4   35%  K Romine        Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short CF-RF); Reed Scores
          1--  2   32%  M Greenwell     Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Romine to 2B
   R      12-  5   21%  D Heep          Double to LF (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Greenwell to 3B; Romine Scores
          -23  4   20%  N Esasky        Intentional Walk
   OO     123  2   30%  J Rice          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 2.

Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Behind 0-2, Eric Hetzel facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   28%  M Winters       Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  4   26%  B Boone         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   25%  F White         Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 2-0, Bret Saberhagen facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4   27%  L Rivera        Foul Popfly: 2B (1B Foul)
          ---  3   24%  R Gedman        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B)
   O      -2-  4   26%  W Boggs         Groundout: SS-1B
          -2-  4   26%  J Reed          Walk
   R      12-  1   17%  K Romine        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Gedman Scores; Reed to 3B
          -23  4   17%  M Greenwell     Intentional Walk
   O      123  5   21%  D Heep          Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 3.

Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 0-3, Eric Hetzel facing 8-9-1
          ---  5   26%  B Pecota        Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      -2-  3   24%  G Thurman       Flyball: RF (RF Line); Pecota to 3B
   R      --3  2   29%  W Wilson        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Pecota Scores
   O      1--  4   26%  K Seitzer       Strikeout Swinging
          1--      27%  G Brett         Wilson Steals 2B
   O      -2-  5   23%  " "             Flyball: LF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Red Sox 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 3-1, Bret Saberhagen facing 6-7-8
   R      ---  2   16%  N Esasky        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  8   17%  J Rice          Flyball: RF (RF Line)
   O      ---  6   18%  L Rivera        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  1   19%  R Gedman        Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 1-4, Eric Hetzel facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   22%  P Tabler        Walk
          1--  1   28%  M Winters       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Tabler to 2B
          12-  1   37%  B Boone         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Tabler to 3B; Winters to 2B
   R      123  5   48%  F White         Walk; Tabler Scores; Winters to 3B; Boone to 2B
   O      123  7   39%  B Pecota        Strikeout Swinging
   OO     123  5   21%  G Thurman       Line Drive Double Play: CF-SS
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 4-2, Bret Saberhagen facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   17%  W Boggs         Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  2   18%  J Reed          Lineout: SS-1B (Deep SS-2B); Boggs to 3B
   O      --3  6   22%  K Romine        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      --3  2   25%  M Greenwell     Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Behind 2-4, Eric Hetzel facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   30%  W Wilson        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   R      1--  4   49%  K Seitzer       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Wilson Scores/Adv on E9 (throw); Seitzer to 3B
                  Joe Price replaces Eric Hetzel pitching
   R      --3  5   58%  G Brett         Double to RF (Pop Fly to Deep 1B); Seitzer Scores
   O      -2-  4   56%  P Tabler        Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B); Brett to 3B
   O      --3  5   48%  M Winters       Strikeout Swinging
          --3  4   50%  B Boone         Intentional Walk
   O      1-3  2   43%  F White         Popfly: 3B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 4-4, Bret Saberhagen facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   46%  D Heep          Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  4   48%  N Esasky        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   50%  J Rice          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Tied 4-4, Joe Price facing 8-9-1
          ---  6   55%  B Pecota        Walk
          1--  1   63%  G Thurman       Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Pecota to 2B
          12-      70%  W Wilson        Pecota Steals 3B; Thurman Steals 2B
   R      -23  3   79%  " "             Single to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Pecota Scores; Thurman to 3B
                  Dennis Lamp replaces Joe Price pitching
   O      1-3      72%  K Seitzer       Wilson Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
   RO     --3  4   75%  " "             Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Thurman Scores
   O      ---  2   74%  G Brett         Lineout: CF
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-6, Bret Saberhagen facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   78%  L Rivera        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   80%  R Gedman        Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  3   82%  W Boggs         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 6-4, Dennis Lamp facing 4-5-6
          ---  7   86%  P Tabler        Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Tabler to 2B
          -2-  4   90%  M Winters       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Tabler to 3B
                  Brad Wellman pinch runs for Matt Winters batting 5th
   ROO    1-3  3   88%  B Boone         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (SS-2B); Tabler Scores/unER
   O      ---  5   87%  F White         Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-7, Bret Saberhagen facing 2-3-4
                  Brad Wellman moves to SS; Bill Pecota moves to RF
   O      ---  6   90%  J Reed          Strikeout Looking
          ---  6   87%  K Romine        Walk
          1--  1   82%  M Greenwell     Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Romine to 2B
   O      12-  1   88%  D Heep          Lineout: CF (Deep CF)
          12-  4   83%  N Esasky        Walk; Romine to 3B; Greenwell to 2B
                  Jeff Montgomery replaces Bret Saberhagen pitching
   O      123  5   93%  J Rice          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Royals 7, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 7-4, Dennis Lamp facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5   92%  B Pecota        Lineout: 2B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  7   92%  G Thurman       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4   92%  W Wilson        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  3   91%  K Seitzer       Flyball: RF (RF Line)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 7, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-7, Jeff Montgomery facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   94%  L Rivera        Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
          ---  2   91%  R Gedman        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   OO     1--  2   97%  W Boggs         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Ahead 7-4, Rob Murphy facing 3-4-5
                  Rob Murphy replaces Dennis Lamp pitching
   O      ---  2   96%  G Brett         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  1   96%  P Tabler        Groundout: SS-1B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   96%  B Wellman       Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-7, Jeff Montgomery facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  6   98%  J Reed          Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2   99%  K Romine        Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  5  100%  M Greenwell     Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Red Sox 4.

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