Royals @ White Sox
August 31, 1987

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Top 9 R H E
Royals 3 6 0
White Sox 5 8 1
Top 9 R H E
Royals 3 6 0
White Sox 5 8 1

Steve Balboni Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .222
OBP .000 .290
At Bats 0 316
Hits 0 70
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 18
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 0 45

Bobby Thigpen Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 6
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Comiskey Park - August 31, 1987
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Strikeout
Bobby Thigpen
Carlton Fisk
Greg Walker
Donnie Hill
Steve Lyons
Fred Manrique
Gary Redus
Ken Williams
Ivan Calderon
Steve Balboni
Thad Bosley

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 3 6 0 6
Chicago White Sox 5 8 1 7
Winning Pitcher Jose DeLeon
Losing Pitcher Danny Jackson
Save Bobby Thigpen
Game Winning RBI Carlton Fisk
Attendance 9,166
Time of Game 2 hours 49 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Steve Balboni pinch hits for Gary Thurman. Balboni strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Thad Bosley pinch hits for Bill Pecota. Bosley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Quirk strikes out.
Top 9 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lyons fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Lyons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pecota scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pecota scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hill hits a fly ball into left field. Thurman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tartabull strikes out.
Top 8 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Walker scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out. Wilson scores. Smith moves to second.
Top 8 Bobby Thigpen now pitching. Seitzer hits a fly ball into right field. Calderon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wilson moves to third.
Top 8 Smith takes first base on ball four. Wilson moves to second.
Top 8 Wilson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Jerry Gleaton now pitching. Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Fisk hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Redus tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Calderon takes first base on ball four. Redus moves to third. Manrique moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hairston hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Stoddard now pitching. Manrique bunts towards the mound. Stoddard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Redus moves to second.
Bottom 7 Redus takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Thurman strikes out.
Top 7 Pecota strikes out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Quirk moves to second.
Top 7 Quirk strikes out.
Top 7 White hits a popup, foul, towards first. Walker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lyons strikes out.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pecota scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hill hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tartabull strikes out.
Top 6 Brett takes first base on ball four. Seitzer moves to second.
Top 6 Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Manrique fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Smith strikes out.
Top 6 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pecota scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Calderon goes all the way around to score. Fisk moves to second.
Bottom 5 Calderon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Hairston strikes out.
Bottom 5 Manrique strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Thurman. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Manrique applying the tag.
Top 5 Thurman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Pecota hits a ball on the ground towards short. Manrique fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. White scores.
Top 5 Quirk hits a ball on the ground towards first. Walker juggles the ball. That's an error on Walker. Tartabull scores. White moves to third.
Top 5 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tartabull moves to second.
Top 5 Tartabull hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Redus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pecota fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Lyons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 There goes Williams. The throw from Quirk and he is out, White applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hill hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Manrique scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Seitzer hits a fly ball into right field. Calderon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Smith is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Walker scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilson for the out.
Bottom 3 Walker strikes out.
Bottom 3 Fisk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Calderon hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hairston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pecota scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Thurman hits a popup towards third. Lyons settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pecota strikes out.
Top 3 Quirk strikes out.
Bottom 2 Manrique hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Redus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lyons hits a line drive towards third. Seitzer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 White strikes out.
Top 2 Tartabull strikes out.
Top 2 Brett strikes out.
Bottom 1 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hill takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Walker moves to second.
Bottom 1 Walker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Fisk hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Calderon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hairston moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hairston is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Manrique hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pecota scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Redus hits a line drive into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Seitzer hits a line drive towards first. Walker reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Smith strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Wilson. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Manrique applying the tag.
Top 1 Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.