Royals @ Twins
September 3, 1988

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Top 9 R H E
Royals 6 11 0
Twins 8 14 0
Top 9 R H E
Royals 6 11 0
Twins 8 14 0

Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .245
OBP .500 .275
At Bats 4 249
Hits 2 61
• Singles 1 46
• Doubles 1 12
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 12
RBI’s 1 36

Jeff Reardon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 4 34
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - September 3, 1988
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Out
Jeff Reardon
Tim Laudner
Kent Hrbek
Tom Herr
Steve Lombardozzi
Al Newman
Dan Gladden
Kirby Puckett
John Moses
Bill Buckner
George Brett
Kevin Seitzer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 6 11 0 8
Minnesota Twins 8 14 0 8
Winning Pitcher Mark Portugal
Losing Pitcher Jerry Gleaton
Save Jeff Reardon
Game Winning RBI Jim Dwyer
Attendance 47,658
Time of Game 3 hours 11 minutes
View Box Score
Count: 0-0, 2 Outs
Count: 0-0, 0 Outs

End of Game

Buckner hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jackson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Laudner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Brett hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Seitzer moves to third.
Top 9 Seitzer hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Jeff Reardon now pitching. Wilson hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hrbek hits a popup towards short. Wellman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Puckett hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brad Wellman now playing shortstop. Larry Owen now catching. Herr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brett scoops it up and throws to first, with Farr covering, for the out.
Top 8 Pat Tabler pinch hits for Bill Pecota. Tabler hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kurt Stillwell pinch hits for Jamie Quirk. Stillwell strikes out.
Top 8 Steve Lombardozzi now playing third base. John Moses now playing right field. Dan Schatzeder now pitching. Al Newman now playing shortstop. Eisenreich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gladden hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Newman strikes out.
Bottom 7 Jim Dwyer pinch hits for Greg Gagne. Dwyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Larkin scores. Bush scores. Laudner moves to second.
Bottom 7 Steve Farr now pitching. Laudner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to home to get Hrbek. Larkin moves to third. Bush moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bush bunts towards the mound. Gleaton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hrbek moves to third. Larkin moves to second.
Bottom 7 Larkin is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Jerry Gleaton now pitching. Hrbek hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Eisenreich. Hrbek reaches second base with a double. Herr scores. Puckett scores.
Bottom 7 Jeff Montgomery now pitching. Bo Jackson now playing right field. Puckett hits a line drive into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Gladden scores. Herr moves to third.
Bottom 7 Herr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Newman scores. Gladden moves to second.
Bottom 7 Gladden hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Newman moves to third.
Bottom 7 Newman hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 White hits a line drive into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wilson scores. Seitzer moves to third.
Top 7 Tartabull strikes out.
Top 7 Mark Portugal now pitching. Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Seitzer takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 There goes Wilson. The throw from Laudner and he is safe. Wilson steals second.
Top 7 Wilson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gagne for the out.
Bottom 6 Laudner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields it and throws to home to get Larkin. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Bush hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Larkin moves to third.
Bottom 6 Larkin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tartabull. Larkin reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Pecota hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Quirk hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Eisenreich hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Juan Berenguer now pitching. White bunts towards first. Hrbek scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. Buckner moves to third.
Top 6 Buckner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bush. Buckner reaches second base with a double. Tartabull goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Tartabull hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brett scores.
Top 6 Brett hits a ball on the ground into center field, out of the reach of Puckett. Brett reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Hrbek hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Puckett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Herr hits a line drive towards third. Seitzer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gladden hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Saberhagen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Toliver fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pecota moves to second.
Top 5 Pecota hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Quirk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Saberhagen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Laudner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields it and throws to first for the out. Bush moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bush hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pecota scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Eisenreich hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Buckner hits a popup towards third. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tartabull strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hrbek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hrbek for the out.
Bottom 3 Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pecota scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Herr hits a fly ball into left field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hrbek scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out.
Top 3 Seitzer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wilson moves to third.
Top 3 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Pecota hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Quirk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gladden strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes Newman. The throw from Quirk and he is safe. Newman steals second.
Bottom 2 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Gagne strikes out.
Bottom 2 Laudner hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bush hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Eisenreich strikes out.
Top 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Newman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Buckner hits a line drive towards short. Gagne reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Larkin hits a popup towards short. Pecota settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hrbek strikes out.
Bottom 1 Puckett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Herr moves to second.
Bottom 1 Herr takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Gladden hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Saberhagen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards third. Newman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Brett hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wilson scores.
Top 1 The umpire calls a balk on Toliver Wilson moves to third.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Wilson moves to second.
Top 1 Wilson takes first base on ball four.