Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
June 10, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 10, 1985 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 1, Oakland Athletics 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
Smith lf 3 0 1 0
  Jones lf 1 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 1 0
Motley rf 3 0 0 0
  Sheridan ph,rf 0 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 0 1 0
  Orta ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Pryor 3b 3 1 3 0
Sundberg c 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 2 1
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 0
  Biancalana ss 0 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 10 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
  Hill 2b 0 0 0 0
  Bochte 1b 2 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 5 0 0 0
Davis rf 2 0 0 0
Kingman dh 4 0 0 0
Baker 1b,lf 5 1 2 0
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Tettleton c 2 0 1 0
  Gallego pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Picciolo 2b,1b 2 0 1 0
  Heath ph,c 2 1 2 1
Griffin ss 5 0 2 0
Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 10 1
Kansas City 001 000 000 01101
Oakland 000 000 010 12100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   7.2 7 1 1 7 6
  Quisenberry  L (3-4) 2.0 3 1 0 1 2
Totals
9.2
10
2
1
8
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Birtsas   7.0 7 1 1 2 7
  Atherton   2.2 3 0 0 3 2
  Howell  W (5-3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
1
1
5
10

  E–White (7).  DP–Kansas City 1, Oakland 2.  2B–Kansas City Pryor (1,off Birtsas); Smith (2,off Birtsas); Balboni (8,off Atherton), Oakland Bochte (6,off Quisenberry).  SH–Pryor (2,off Birtsas); White (2,off Atherton).  IBB–Sheridan (1,by Atherton); Davis (6,by Quisenberry).  SB–Wilson (12,2nd base off Atherton/Tettleton).  CS–L Jones (1,2nd base by Atherton/Heath).  IBB–Quisenberry (1,Davis); Atherton (4,Sheridan).  T–3:33.  A–16,500.
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