Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
July 12, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1985 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, Cleveland Indians 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 2 0
Smith lf 5 1 3 0
  Sheridan pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 1 1 0
McRae dh 5 0 0 0
Motley rf,lf 5 1 1 1
White 2b 5 1 2 2
Balboni 1b 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 2 0 0 1
Biancalana ss 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Concepcion ss 0 0 0 0
  Orta ph 0 0 0 0
  Pryor ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Beckwith p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 9 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 6 0 3 1
Franco ss 5 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 5 0 1 0
Thornton dh 5 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 5 1 1 0
Tabler 1b 4 2 3 2
  Nixon pr 0 0 0 0
  Willard c 1 0 0 0
Carter lf 5 0 1 1
Castillo rf 3 1 2 1
  Vukovich rf 2 1 1 0
Bando c 2 0 0 0
  Hargrove ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Barkley p 0 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
  Waddell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 5 14 5
Kansas City 010 000 003 00491
Cleveland 010 002 100 015140
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   7.0 9 4 4 0 3
  Beckwith   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Quisenberry  L (4-6) 1.2 4 1 1 0 2
Totals
10.2
14
5
5
1
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Romero   8.1 7 4 4 1 6
  Barkley   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Clark   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Waddell  W (4-5) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
9
4
4
3
6

  E–Motley (3).  DP–Kansas City 1, Cleveland 2.  2B–Kansas City White (11,off Barkley), Cleveland Carter (12,off Leibrandt); Tabler (8,off Beckwith).  HR–Kansas City White (11,2nd inning off Romero 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Tabler (3,6th inning off Leibrandt 1 on, 2 out); Castillo (3,7th inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Sundberg (2,off Barkley).  IBB–Balboni (1,by Barkley); Brett (17,by Clark).  SH–Bando (2,off Leibrandt).  SB–Smith (18,2nd base off Romero/Bando); Wilson (23,2nd base off Romero/Bando); Butler (27,2nd base off Leibrandt/Sundberg).  WP–Leibrandt (3), Clark (3).  IBB–Barkley (3,Balboni); Clark (1,Brett).  T–3:22.  A–8,058.
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