June 25, 1988 Kansas City Royals at Seattle Mariners Play by Play and Box Score

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

Standings at end of play this day

Kingdome, Attendance: 13,289

Saturday, June 25, 1988, 7:05
Time of Game: 2:42

Royals

38-35

Won 1

3rd, 8½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Royals          0  0  2   0  0  0   0  0  5    7  8  0
Mariners        0  0  0   0  1  0   0  1  1    3  7  3

W: B Saberhagen (10-6), L: M Langston (5-8)

Mariners

28-46

Lost 1

7th, 19 GB

BATTING

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Stillwell SS                5   0   2   4    0   0  .272  .798   27    0   4   2·2B
P Tabler LF                   4   0   1   0    0   1  .244  .645   16    3   0   CS
  W Wilson CF                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .275  .653    3    2   0   
G Brett 1B                    5   0   0   0    0   1  .325  .961   25   10   1   
D Tartabull DH                3   0   1   0    1   1  .284  .917   17    0   0   2B
  B Pecota PR                 0   1   0   0    0   0  .171  .473         0   0   
K Seitzer 3B-LF               3   1   1   0    1   1  .305  .796   12    1   2   IW
F White 2B                    3   1   0   0    0   1  .237  .630   12    0   3   SH,GDP
M Macfarlane C                3   1   1   0    1   1  .276  .739   15    5   0   IW
G Thurman CF-LF               3   1   1   0    0   2  .120  .305   15    2   0   
  B Buckner PH                0   0   0   1    0   0  .235  .608    7    0   0   SF
  B Wellman 3B                0   0   0   0    0   0  .293  .627         0   0   
J Eisenreich RF               3   2   1   0    1   1  .206  .487   15    3   0   IW

B Saberhagen P                                                           1   0
  J Gleaton P                                                            0   0
  S Farr P                                                               0   0
Totals                       33   7   8   5    4  10              164   27  10

BATTING

2B: D Tartabull (19, off M Langston); K Stillwell 2 (17, off M Schooler, off M Langston).

SF: B Buckner (4, off M Schooler).

SH: F White (3, off M Schooler).

IBB: M Macfarlane (2, by M Schooler); J Eisenreich (1, by M Schooler); K Seitzer (1, by M Langston).

TB: K Stillwell 4; D Tartabull 2; G Thurman; J Eisenreich; M Macfarlane; K Seitzer; P Tabler.

GIDP: F White (6).

RBI: K Stillwell 4 (34); B Buckner (26).

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 2 for 7.

BASERUNNING

CS: P Tabler (2, Pickoff (CS) 2nd base by M Langston).

Seattle Mariners             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
H Reynolds 2B                 5   0   1   0    0   0  .295  .734   18    1   3   SB
R Quinones SS                 5   0   1   0    0   0  .263  .697    9    2   1   
M Brantley LF                 4   1   1   1    0   0  .271  .768   10    0   0   HR
A Davis 1B                    2   0   0   0    2   0  .288  .900   15    7   1   
  S Balboni 1B                0   0   0   0    0   0  .149  .462         1   0   
K Phelps DH                   2   1   1   1    2   0  .269  .930   17    0   0   HR
J Presley 3B                  4   0   0   0    0   2  .212  .584   19    1   2   
S Bradley C                   3   0   0   0    0   0  .228  .560    7    9   1   
  D Valle PH                  1   1   1   0    0   0  .220  .663    2    0   0   
G Wilson RF                   4   0   2   1    0   2  .249  .621   15    2   0   2·2B
M Kingery CF                  3   0   0   0    0   1  .218  .631   10    4   0   
  H Cotto PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .270  .667    4    0   0   

M Langston P                                                             0   3
  M Schooler P                                                           0   0
  R Scurry P                                                             0   0
Totals                       34   3   7   3    4   5              126   27  11

BATTING

2B: G Wilson 2 (9, off B Saberhagen, off J Gleaton).

HR: M Brantley (13, off B Saberhagen; 5th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF); K Phelps (12, off B Saberhagen; 8th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF).

TB: G Wilson 4; M Brantley 4; K Phelps 4; D Valle; H Reynolds; R Quinones.

RBI: G Wilson (12); M Brantley (39); K Phelps (26).

2-out RBI: M Brantley; K Phelps.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 0 for 7.

FIELDING

DP: 1. R Quinones-H Reynolds-A Davis.

PB: S Bradley (5).

E: S Balboni 2 (4); M Langston ().

BASERUNNING

SB: H Reynolds (18, 2nd base off B Saberhagen/M Macfarlane).

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 (10-6)         8     5   2   2    4   5   2   3.34   33  109-67   46· 6·15   10·11· 3· 0     65    -     1.29   0.17
J Gleaton                      0.2   2   1   1    0   0   0   3.60    4   15-9     5· 1· 3    2· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.57   0.00
S Farr                         0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   2.25    1    1-1     1· 0· 0    0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.22   0.01
Totals                         9     7   3   3    4   5   2          38  125-77   52· 7·18   12·13· 4· 0          1-0

Seattle Mariners              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M Langston, L (5-8)            8     7   4   2    2   9   0   3.98   32  127-78   44·17·17    9· 7· 5· 0     63    -     1.04  -0.03
M Schooler                     0.1   1   3   2    2   0   0   4.05    5   19-6     4· 0· 2    1· 1· 1· 0          2-2    1.16  -0.30
R Scurry                       0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    2    7-5     1· 1· 3    1· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.06   0.00
Totals                         9     8   7   4    4  10   0          39  153-89   49·18·22   11· 8· 6· 0          3-2

M Langston faced 2 batters in the 9th inning.

Balks: M Schooler (1).

WP: None.

IBB: M Schooler 2 (3; M Macfarlane, J Eisenreich); M Langston (2; K Seitzer).

PO: M Langston (3; P Tabler, 2nd base (CS)).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Dan Morrison, 2B - Jim Joyce, 3B - Dave Phillips.

Time of Game: 2:42.

Attendance: 13,289.

Weather: 72° F, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Kansas City Royals            Seattle Mariners                     
1. K Stillwell          SS    1. H Reynolds           2B 
2. P Tabler             LF    2. R Quinones           SS 
3. G Brett              1B    3. M Brantley           LF 
4. D Tartabull          DH    4. A Davis              1B 
5. K Seitzer            3B    5. K Phelps             DH 
6. F White              2B    6. J Presley            3B 
7. M Macfarlane         C     7. S Bradley            C  
8. G Thurman            CF    8. G Wilson             RF 
9. J Eisenreich         RF    9. M Kingery            CF 

   B Saberhagen         P        M Langston           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   2  2-1  ---  6  -33%  47% K Phelps        B Saberhagen    Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   t 9   0  2-2  12-  2   23%  93% F White         M Schooler      Reached on E3/Sacrifice Bunt; Pecota Scores/No RBI/unER; Seitzer to 3B; White to 2B/Adv on E3 (throw)
   t 3   1  0-0  -23  6   13%  73% K Stillwell     M Langston      Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Thurman Scores; Eisenreich Scores
   b 5   2  2-0  ---  2  -12%  64% M Brantley      B Saberhagen    Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   t 9   0  2-2  1--  3   12%  70% K Seitzer       M Langston      Reached on E1 (throw) (Ground Ball); Pecota to 2B; Seitzer to 1B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Mark Langston facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  6   48%  K Stillwell     Foul Flyball: 3B
          ---  3   50%  P Tabler        Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   O      1--      46%  G Brett         Tabler Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (P-1B-SS)
   O      ---  7   45%  " "             Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Mariners Batting, Tied 0-0, Bret Saberhagen facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   47%  H Reynolds      Flyball: CF
          ---  2   45%  R Quinones      Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short CF-RF)
   O      1--  2   48%  M Brantley      Flyball: LF
   O      1--  1   50%  A Davis         Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0.

Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Mark Langston facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   48%  D Tartabull     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   46%  K Seitzer       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   45%  F White         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Mariners Batting, Tied 0-0, Bret Saberhagen facing 5-6-7
          ---  5   41%  K Phelps        Walk
   O      1--  4   45%  J Presley       Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  1   48%  S Bradley       Lineout: RF
          1--  1   44%  G Wilson        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Phelps to 3B
   O      -23  2   50%  M Kingery       Foul Flyball: 3B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0.

Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Mark Langston facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   47%  M Macfarlane    Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   50%  G Thurman       Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep 2B)
          1--  6   54%  J Eisenreich    Single to LF (Fly Ball to Deep SS); Thurman to 2B
          12-      60%  K Stillwell     Passed Ball; Thurman to 3B; Eisenreich to 2B
   RR     -23  6   73%  " "             Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Thurman Scores; Eisenreich Scores
   O      -2-  3   70%  P Tabler        Flyball: RF
   O      -2-  2   67%  G Brett         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Mariners Batting, Behind 0-2, Bret Saberhagen facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   63%  H Reynolds      Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
          1--      60%  R Quinones      Reynolds Steals 2B
   O      -2-  2   63%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B; Reynolds to 3B
   O      --3  4   69%  M Brantley      Groundout: 1B unassisted
          --3  5   67%  A Davis         Walk
          1-3  4   64%  K Phelps        Walk; Davis to 2B
   O      123  5   73%  J Presley       Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 0.

Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Mark Langston facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   71%  D Tartabull     Flyball: SS
          ---  1   73%  K Seitzer       Single to 3B (Bunt to Weak 3B)
   OO     1--  1   69%  F White         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Mariners Batting, Behind 0-2, Bret Saberhagen facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   72%  S Bradley       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  6   74%  G Wilson        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   75%  M Kingery       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 0.

Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Mark Langston facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   78%  M Macfarlane    Single to 2B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B)
   O      1--  6   75%  G Thurman       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  4   73%  J Eisenreich    Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  4   71%  K Stillwell     Lineout: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Mariners Batting, Behind 0-2, Bret Saberhagen facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   75%  H Reynolds      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   77%  R Quinones      Flyball: LF
   R      ---  2   64%  M Brantley      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
          ---  5   63%  A Davis         Walk
   O      1--  2   66%  K Phelps        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 1.

Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Mark Langston facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  2   64%  P Tabler        Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  1   62%  G Brett         Flyball: CF
          ---  2   64%  D Tartabull     Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B)
          -2-  4   65%  K Seitzer       Intentional Walk
   O      12-  6   61%  F White         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Mariners Batting, Behind 1-2, Bret Saberhagen facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   65%  J Presley       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   67%  S Bradley       Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  5   69%  G Wilson        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 1.

Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Mark Langston facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   67%  M Macfarlane    Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   65%  G Thurman       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   64%  J Eisenreich    Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 1.

Bottom of the 7th, Mariners Batting, Behind 1-2, Bret Saberhagen facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   69%  M Kingery       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   72%  H Reynolds      Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  1   75%  R Quinones      Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 1.

Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Mark Langston facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   72%  K Stillwell     Flyball: RF
   O      ---  8   71%  P Tabler        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   69%  G Brett         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 1.

Bottom of the 8th, Mariners Batting, Behind 1-2, Bret Saberhagen facing 3-4-5
                  Gary Thurman moves to LF; Willie Wilson replaces Pat Tabler playing CF batting 2nd
   O      ---  2   76%  M Brantley      Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   80%  A Davis         Groundout: SS-1B
   R      ---  6   47%  K Phelps        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  5   50%  J Presley       Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 2.

Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Tied 2-2, Mark Langston facing 4-5-6
                  Steve Balboni replaces Alvin Davis playing 1B batting 4th
          ---  4   58%  D Tartabull     Walk
                  Bill Pecota pinch runs for Danny Tartabull batting 4th
          1--  3   70%  K Seitzer       Reached on E1 (throw) (Ground Ball); Pecota to 2B; Seitzer to 1B
                  Mike Schooler replaces Mark Langston pitching
   R      12-  2   93%  F White         Reached on E3/Sacrifice Bunt; Pecota Scores/No RBI/unER; Seitzer to 3B; White to 2B/Adv on E3 (throw)
          -23  4   94%  M Macfarlane    Intentional Walk
                  Bill Buckner pinch hits for Gary Thurman batting 8th
   RO     123  7   95%  B Buckner       Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Seitzer Scores/unER; White to 3B; Macfarlane to 2B
          -23  4   95%  J Eisenreich    Intentional Walk
   RR     123  2   99%  K Stillwell     Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); White Scores/unER; Macfarlane Scores/Team unER; Eisenreich to 3B
   R      -23     100%  W Wilson        Balk; Eisenreich Scores; Stillwell to 3B
                  Rod Scurry replaces Mike Schooler pitching
   O      --3  3   99%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      --3  4   99%  G Brett         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  5 runs, 1 hit, 3 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 7, Mariners 2.

Bottom of the 9th, Mariners Batting, Behind 2-7, Jerry Don Gleaton facing 7-8-9
                  Jerry Don Gleaton replaces Bret Saberhagen pitching; Brad Wellman replaces Bill Buckner playing 3B batting 8th; Kevin Seitzer moves to LF; Dave Valle pinch hits for Scott Bradley batting 7th
          ---  2   98%  D Valle         Single to RF (Line Drive to 2B-1B)
   R      1--  3   96%  G Wilson        Double to LF (Ground Ball); Valle Scores
                  Henry Cotto pinch hits for Mike Kingery batting 9th
   O      -2-  4   98%  H Cotto         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      -2-  6   99%  H Reynolds      Flyball: RF; Wilson to 3B
                  Steve Farr replaces Jerry Don Gleaton pitching
   O      --3  1  100%  R Quinones      Flyball: CF
        1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 7, Mariners 3.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:SEA198806250

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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