July 15, 1990 Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox Play by Play and Box Score

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MIN 10
@BAL 3 KCR 13
@BOS 4 CAL 3
TOR 2 DET 3
TEX 2 CHW 8
@NYY 5 OAK 4
MIL 1 SEA 7
CLE 0 MON 16
@ATL 14 CHC 5
LAD 1 CIN 2
NYM 1 HOU 6
PHI 1 SDP 4
@PIT 1 SFG 5
@STL 3

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 34,054

Sunday, July 15, 1990, 1:00
Time of Game: 3:03

Royals

39-47

Won 1

7th, 15½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Royals          1  0  0   2  0  3   6  0  1   13 18  0
Red Sox         0  1  1   1  0  0   0  0  1    4 10  0

W: S Crawford (3-1), L: D Kiecker (2-4)

Red Sox

47-39

Lost 1

1st

BATTING

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Seitzer 3B                  4   2   2   0    1   0  .300  .765   25    2   1   
  S Jeltz 2B                  1   0   1   1    0   0  .147  .387    4    0   0   2B
K Stillwell SS                6   1   3   2    0   0  .282  .733   18    0   3   
G Brett 1B                    6   0   2   2    0   1  .276  .720   22   10   0   2·2B
  R Palacios 1B               0   0   0   0    0   0  .231  .703         1   0   
B Jackson CF                  5   0   0   1    0   1  .265  .815   16    3   0   
J Eisenreich RF               3   2   2   0    2   0  .294  .765   20    3   0   2B
G Perry DH                    5   3   2   1    0   0  .265  .700   14    0   0   2B,3·SB
P Tabler LF                   2   0   2   2    1   0  .274  .709   14    1   0   SF
  W Wilson PR-LF              1   1   0   0    0   0  .279  .699    4    1   0   GDP
M Macfarlane C                4   3   3   1    1   0  .280  .717   17    3   0   2B,GDP
B Pecota 2B-3B                4   1   1   2    0   3  .348  .850   26    3   7   SH

B Saberhagen P                                                           0   0
  S Crawford P                                                           0   0
  S Farr P                                                               0   0
  M Davis P                                                              0   0
Totals                       41  13  18  12    5   5              180   27  11

BATTING

2B: S Jeltz (4, off J Gray); M Macfarlane (17, off J Gray); G Brett 2 (18, off D Kiecker, off J Reed); G Perry (13, off D Kiecker); J Eisenreich (20, off D Kiecker).

SF: P Tabler (1, off D Lamp).

SH: B Pecota (4, off D Lamp).

TB: G Brett 4; M Macfarlane 4; G Perry 3; J Eisenreich 3; K Stillwell 3; K Seitzer 2; P Tabler 2; S Jeltz 2; B Pecota.

GIDP: M Macfarlane (4); W Wilson (3).

RBI: B Pecota 2 (7); P Tabler 2 (11); K Stillwell 2 (35); G Brett 2 (33); G Perry (40); M Macfarlane (31); B Jackson (50); S Jeltz (9).

2-out RBI: G Brett 2; K Stillwell 2; M Macfarlane; P Tabler; B Pecota.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 9 for 21.

FIELDING

DP: 1. B Pecota.

BASERUNNING

SB: G Perry 3 (10, 3rd base off D Lamp/T Pena, 2nd base off D Lamp/T Pena 2).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
W Boggs 3B                    5   0   1   0    0   1  .302  .840   12    0   1   
J Reed 2B                     4   0   0   0    0   0  .299  .786   18    3   4   
  T Naehring 2B               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
C Quintana 1B                 4   1   2   0    0   1  .317  .811   14   11   1   2B
T Brunansky RF                3   0   2   1    0   0  .271  .796    7    1   0   2B
  R Kutcher RF                1   0   0   0    0   0  .245  .781    1    0   0   
E Burks DH                    4   1   1   0    0   1  .303  .866   14    0   0   
M Greenwell LF                4   1   1   1    0   0  .263  .685   15    3   0   HR
T Pena C                      3   0   1   0    0   0  .275  .676   13    3   0   
  J Marzano C                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .317  .692    4    2   0   
K Romine CF                   4   0   1   1    0   0  .320  .841   16    1   0   2B
L Rivera SS                   3   1   1   1    1   0  .216  .573   10    2   4   HR

D Kiecker P                                                              1   1
  D Lamp P                                                               0   1
  J Reed P                                                               0   0
  J Gray P                                                               0   0
Totals                       36   4  10   4    1   3              124   27  12

BATTING

2B: C Quintana (15, off M Davis); K Romine (6, off B Saberhagen); T Brunansky (18, off B Saberhagen).

HR: M Greenwell (3, off B Saberhagen; 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep RF); L Rivera (3, off M Davis; 9th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF Line).

TB: M Greenwell 4; L Rivera 4; T Brunansky 3; C Quintana 3; K Romine 2; T Pena; W Boggs; E Burks.

RBI: L Rivera (17); T Brunansky (38); K Romine (11); M Greenwell (27).

2-out RBI: L Rivera; K Romine; T Brunansky.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 1 for 6.

FIELDING

DP: 2. J Reed-C Quintana; L Rivera-J Reed-C Quintana.

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                   4     7   3   3    1   0   1   3.10   19   60-37   22· 3·12    9· 6· 3· 0     35    -     1.02  -0.15
S Crawford, W (3-1)            2     1   0   0    0   2   0   3.71    7   30-17    8· 4· 5    1· 3· 1· 0          0-0    0.86   0.12
S Farr                         1     0   0   0    0   0   0   2.39    3    5-4     3· 0· 1    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.03   0.00
M Davis                        2     2   1   1    0   1   1   5.59    8   26-18   12· 0· 6    2· 4· 1· 0          0-0    0.01   0.00
Totals                         9    10   4   4    1   3   2          37  121-76   45· 7·24   13·15· 5· 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
D Kiecker, L (2-4)             5     7   5   5    3   2   0   4.50   24   85-53   33· 6·13   13· 1· 5· 0     32    -     1.17  -0.27
D Lamp                         1.2   4   4   4    2   1   0   3.13   11   49-26   19· 4· 3    5· 1· 2· 0          2-2    1.03  -0.23
J Reed                         1.1   5   3   3    0   0   0   3.77    8   19-16   10· 2· 4    3· 2· 3· 0          1-1    0.06  -0.03
J Gray                         1     2   1   1    0   2   0   5.71    5   24-19   11· 5· 3    0· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    18  13  13    5   5   0          48  177-114  73·17·23   21· 5·12· 0          3-3

D Kiecker faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: M Davis (5).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tim Welke, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Drew Coble.

Time of Game: 3:03.

Attendance: 34,054.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 88° F, Wind 15mph out to Leftfield, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Kansas City Royals            Boston Red Sox                       
1. K Seitzer            3B    1. W Boggs              3B 
2. K Stillwell          SS    2. J Reed               2B 
3. G Brett              1B    3. C Quintana           1B 
4. B Jackson            CF    4. T Brunansky          RF 
5. J Eisenreich         RF    5. E Burks              DH 
6. G Perry              DH    6. M Greenwell          LF 
7. P Tabler             LF    7. T Pena               C  
8. M Macfarlane         C     8. K Romine             CF 
9. B Pecota             2B    9. L Rivera             SS 

   B Saberhagen         P        D Kiecker            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 4   0  3-2  ---  2  -13%  44% M Greenwell     B Saberhagen    Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   t 6   0  3-3  1--  4   13%  68% G Perry         D Kiecker       Single to LF (Ground Ball); Eisenreich to 3B
   b 3   2  1-1  1--  4  -13%  34% T Brunansky     B Saberhagen    Double (Line Drive to CF-RF); Quintana Scores
   t 4   0  2-1  -2-  1   12%  57% G Perry         D Kiecker       Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Eisenreich Scores
   b 2   2  1-0  1-3  5  -12%  44% K Romine        B Saberhagen    Double to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF Line); Burks Scores; Pena to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Dana Kiecker facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  6   53%  K Seitzer       Walk
          1--  1   62%  K Stillwell     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Seitzer to 3B
   O      1-3  6   58%  G Brett         Groundout: 1B unassisted; Stillwell to 2B
   RO     -23  3   58%  B Jackson       Groundout: SS-1B; Seitzer Scores
   O      -2-  4   55%  J Eisenreich    Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-1, Bret Saberhagen facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   52%  W Boggs         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   OO     1--  6   59%  J Reed          Line Drive Double Play: 2B unassisted
   O      ---  2   60%  C Quintana      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Ahead 1-0, Dana Kiecker facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   58%  G Perry         Lineout: SS
          ---  4   61%  P Tabler        Walk
          1--  3   64%  M Macfarlane    Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Tabler to 2B
   O      12-  6   60%  B Pecota        Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  4   56%  K Seitzer       Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-1, Bret Saberhagen facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   58%  T Brunansky     Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B)
          ---  2   56%  E Burks         Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short CF)
   O      1--  4   59%  M Greenwell     Flyball: RF
          1--  3   56%  T Pena          Single to RF (Ground Ball); Burks to 3B
   R      1-3  5   44%  K Romine        Double to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF Line); Burks Scores; Pena to 3B
   O      -23  2   50%  L Rivera        Popfly: 3B (P's Right)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Tied 1-1, Dana Kiecker facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  7   47%  K Stillwell     Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      ---  3   46%  G Brett         Groundout: P unassisted (P's Left)
   O      ---  3   44%  B Jackson       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 1-1, Bret Saberhagen facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   47%  W Boggs         Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  5   49%  J Reed          Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
          ---  3   47%  C Quintana      Single to SS (Line Drive to SS-2B)
   R      1--  4   34%  T Brunansky     Double (Line Drive to CF-RF); Quintana Scores
   O      -2-  1   38%  E Burks         Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Red Sox 2.

Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 1-2, Dana Kiecker facing 5-6-7
          ---  4   45%  J Eisenreich    Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   R      -2-  1   57%  G Perry         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Eisenreich Scores
          -2-  1   65%  P Tabler        Single to 2B (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Perry to 3B
   ROO    1-3  1   58%  M Macfarlane    Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B; Perry Scores/No RBI
   O      ---  6   57%  B Pecota        Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Red Sox 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 2-3, Bret Saberhagen facing 6-7-8
   R      ---  2   44%  M Greenwell     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   O      ---  5   47%  T Pena          Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  1   49%  K Romine        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  5   47%  L Rivera        Walk
   O      1--  2   50%  W Boggs         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Red Sox 3.

Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Tied 3-3, Dana Kiecker facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   47%  K Seitzer       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   45%  K Stillwell     Lineout: 2B
          ---  4   48%  G Brett         Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  2   43%  B Jackson       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Red Sox 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 3-3, Steve Crawford facing 2-3-4
                  Steve Crawford replaces Bret Saberhagen pitching
   O      ---  4   46%  J Reed          Lineout: 3B
   O      ---  6   48%  C Quintana      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   47%  T Brunansky     Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF Line)
   O      1--  6   50%  E Burks         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Red Sox 3.

Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Tied 3-3, Dana Kiecker facing 5-6-7
          ---  4   55%  J Eisenreich    Walk
          1--  4   68%  G Perry         Single to LF (Ground Ball); Eisenreich to 3B
                  Dennis Lamp replaces Dana Kiecker pitching
   RO     1-3  4   66%  P Tabler        Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Eisenreich Scores
          1--      68%  M Macfarlane    Perry Steals 2B
          -2-  4   70%  " "             Walk
          12-      73%  B Pecota        Perry Steals 3B
   RO     1-3  3   77%  " "             Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Perry Scores; Macfarlane to 2B
          -2- 12   78%  K Seitzer       Single to 2B (Ground Ball to Weak 2B); Macfarlane to 3B
   R      1-3  3   86%  K Stillwell     Single to LF (Line Drive); Macfarlane Scores; Seitzer to 2B
   O      12-  2   84%  G Brett         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Red Sox 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 3-6, Steve Crawford facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   87%  M Greenwell     Popfly: CF (Short CF)
   O      ---  5   88%  T Pena          Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  6   90%  K Romine        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Red Sox 3.

Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 6-3, Dennis Lamp facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   89%  B Jackson       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   90%  J Eisenreich    Walk
   O      1--  4   88%  G Perry         Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B (P's Left)
          1--      89%  P Tabler        Perry Steals 2B
   R      -2-  4   94%  " "             Single to LF (Ground Ball); Perry Scores
                  Willie Wilson pinch runs for Pat Tabler batting 7th
   R      1--  4   97%  M Macfarlane    Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Wilson Scores; Macfarlane to 2B
                  Jerry Reed replaces Dennis Lamp pitching
   R      -2-  3   98%  B Pecota        Single to CF (Line Drive); Macfarlane Scores
          1--  1   98%  K Seitzer       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Pecota to 2B
   R      12-  1   99%  K Stillwell     Single to CF (Line Drive); Pecota Scores; Seitzer to 2B
   RR     12-  2  100%  G Brett         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Seitzer Scores; Stillwell Scores
   O      -2-  3  100%  B Jackson       Flyball: RF (Short RF)
                  6 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 12, Red Sox 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 3-12, Steve Farr facing 9-1-2
                  Steve Farr replaces Steve Crawford pitching; Steve Jeltz replaces Kevin Seitzer playing 2B batting 1st; Bill Pecota moves to 3B; Willie Wilson moves to LF
   O      ---  1  100%  L Rivera        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  1  100%  W Boggs         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  3  100%  J Reed          Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 12, Red Sox 3.

Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 12-3, Jerry Reed facing 5-6-7
                  Randy Kutcher replaces Tom Brunansky playing RF batting 4th
          ---  4  100%  J Eisenreich    Single to CF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  1  100%  G Perry         Flyball: CF
   OO     1--  4  100%  W Wilson        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 12, Red Sox 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 3-12, Mark Davis facing 3-4-5
                  Mark Davis replaces Steve Farr pitching
          ---  3  100%  C Quintana      Ground-rule Double (Line Drive to RF Line)
   O      -2-  1  100%  R Kutcher       Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
   O      -2-  5  100%  E Burks         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          -2-     100%  M Greenwell     Wild Pitch; Quintana to 3B
   O      --3  4  100%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 12, Red Sox 3.

Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Ahead 12-3, Jeff Gray facing 8-9-1
                  Jeff Gray replaces Jerry Reed pitching; John Marzano replaces Tony Pena playing C batting 7th; Tim Naehring replaces Jody Reed playing 2B batting 2nd
          ---  4  100%  M Macfarlane    Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   O      -2-  7  100%  B Pecota        Strikeout Swinging
   R      -2-  4  100%  S Jeltz         Double to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Macfarlane Scores
   O      -2-  4  100%  K Stillwell     Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      -2-  5  100%  G Brett         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 13, Red Sox 3.

Bottom of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 3-13, Mark Davis facing 7-8-9
                  Rey Palacios replaces George Brett playing 1B batting 3rd
   O      ---  4  100%  J Marzano       Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  4  100%  K Romine        Groundout: 3B-1B
   R      ---  2  100%  L Rivera        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   O      ---  3  100%  W Boggs         Strikeout Looking
        1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 13, Red Sox 4.

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