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Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals

1987-08-24 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 27042 · 2:56

Texas Rangers defeated Kansas City Royals 4–2. Texas Rangers put up 2 in the 4th. Bobby Witt earned the win and Mitch Williams picked up the save. Scott Fletcher went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	9
KCA	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	3

W: Bobby Witt L: Mark Gubicza SV: Mitch Williams

Umpires — HP: Greg Kosc · 1B: Rocky Roe · 2B: Vic Voltaggio · 3B: Larry Barnett · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Oddibe McDowell	4	1	1	0	1	0
Scott Fletcher	5	0	3	2	0	0
Ruben Sierra	4	0	0	1	0	1
Pete O'Brien	4	0	1	0	1	1
Darrell Porter	3	1	1	0	2	1
Pete Incaviglia	4	0	0	0	0	1
Geno Petralli	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tom O'Malley	4	1	2	1	0	1
Curt Wilkerson	3	1	1	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Willie Wilson	5	0	0	0	0	2
Kevin Seitzer	3	0	1	0	2	2
George Brett	3	1	0	0	2	1
Danny Tartabull	3	0	0	0	1	1
Lonnie Smith	2	1	1	0	2	0
Frank White	4	0	1	2	0	0
Steve Balboni	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jamie Quirk	2	0	0	0	1	1
Ross Jones	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Eisenreich	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bo Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Pecota	0	0	0	0	1	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobby Witt	7.1	3	8	7
Mitch Williams	1.2	0	2	3

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Gubicza	9.0	9	5	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Oddibe McDowell: D7/L7L
Scott Fletcher: 3/G.2-3
Ruben Sierra: 9/SF.3-H
Pete O'Brien: 8

Bot 1

Willie Wilson: 63
Kevin Seitzer: S8/L8S
George Brett: 7
Danny Tartabull: 7

Top 2

Darrell Porter: D9/G3
Pete Incaviglia: WP.2-3
Pete Incaviglia: K
Geno Petralli: K
Tom O'Malley: 8

Bot 2

Lonnie Smith: 9
Frank White: 7
Steve Balboni: K

Top 3

Curt Wilkerson: W
Oddibe McDowell: 3/G.1-2
Scott Fletcher: D9/L3.2-H
Ruben Sierra: 13
Pete O'Brien: 43

Bot 3

Jamie Quirk: W
Ross Jones: 4
Willie Wilson: 6(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Darrell Porter: W
Pete Incaviglia: 7
Geno Petralli: K
Tom O'Malley: D9/G3.1-H
Curt Wilkerson: S4/G4M.2-3
Oddibe McDowell: W.1-2
Scott Fletcher: S6/L1.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ruben Sierra: 8

Bot 4

Kevin Seitzer: K/C
George Brett: W
Danny Tartabull: W.1-2
Lonnie Smith: W.2-3;1-2
Frank White: 8
Steve Balboni: 4

Top 5

Pete O'Brien: S9/G34
Darrell Porter: 8
Pete Incaviglia: 8
Geno Petralli: 43

Bot 5

Jamie Quirk: K/C
Ross Jones: K
Willie Wilson: K

Top 6

Tom O'Malley: S7/L7S
Curt Wilkerson: 26(1)/FO/BG
Oddibe McDowell: 13.1-2
Scott Fletcher: 9

Bot 6

Kevin Seitzer: K/C
George Brett: W
Danny Tartabull: K/C
Lonnie Smith: S8/L4.1-3
Frank White: D9/L89.3-H;1-H
Steve Balboni: 9

Top 7

Ruben Sierra: 31
Pete O'Brien: K/C
Darrell Porter: W
Pete Incaviglia: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Jamie Quirk: 7
Jim Eisenreich: W
Willie Wilson: 8
Kevin Seitzer: W.1-2
George Brett: 8

Top 8

Geno Petralli: 41
Tom O'Malley: K
Curt Wilkerson: 13

Bot 8

Danny Tartabull: 53
Lonnie Smith: W
Frank White: WP.1-2
Frank White: 8.2-3
Steve Balboni: 7

Top 9

Oddibe McDowell: 43
Scott Fletcher: S8/G4M
Ruben Sierra: K
Pete O'Brien: SB2
Pete O'Brien: W
Darrell Porter: K

Bot 9

Bo Jackson: K/C
Bill Pecota: W
Willie Wilson: K
Kevin Seitzer: W.1-2
George Brett: K

Notes & reviews

ball stayed in infield after hitting rosin bag
Royals coach McRae ejected by 3B umpire Barnett for arguing a check swing ruling during Pete O'Brien's at bat

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