Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
April 8, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1985 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 1, Kansas City Royals 2

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 4 0 0 0
Moseby cf 4 0 2 0
Bell lf 2 0 0 0
Barfield rf 3 1 1 0
  Mulliniks ph 1 0 0 0
  Thornton rf 0 0 0 0
Burroughs dh 3 0 1 0
  Aikens ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 4 0 0 0
Martinez c 2 0 0 1
  Whitt ph 1 0 1 0
Iorg 3b 3 0 0 0
  Matuszek ph 1 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 3 0 0 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 2
Sheridan rf 4 0 2 0
Brett 3b 3 0 1 0
Orta dh 4 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 1 0
Motley lf 2 1 1 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
Sundberg c 2 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 0
  Wathan c 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 2 1 0 0
Black p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Toronto 010 000 000151
Kansas City 000 000 20x262
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  L (0-1) 6.2 5 2 2 1 3
  Lavelle   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
1
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Black  W (1-0) 7.2 4 1 1 1 3
  Quisenberry  SV (1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
3

  E–Bell (1), Concepcion (1).  DP–Toronto 2.  2B–Toronto Moseby (1,off Black), Kansas City Motley (1,off Stieb); Wilson (1,off Stieb).  SF–Martinez (1,off Black).  HBP–Motley (1,by Stieb); Concepcion (1,by Stieb).  SB–Moseby (1,2nd base off Black/Wathan).  HBP–Stieb 2 (2,Motley,Concepcion).  T–2:30.  A–41,086.
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