Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
July 21, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1985 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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, Baltimore Orioles 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 2 1
Iorg lf 3 0 1 0
  Motley ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 1 1 2
Orta dh 3 0 0 0
  McRae ph,dh 1 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Sheridan rf 4 1 1 0
Balboni 1b 3 1 1 0
Sundberg c 4 0 2 1
Biancalana ss 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Concepcion ss 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
Black p 0 0 0 0
  LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Rayford 3b 4 0 0 0
Lacy rf 3 1 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 2 2 2
Lynn cf 3 0 1 1
Roenicke lf 2 1 0 0
  Shelby ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Young dh 4 1 2 3
Dempsey c 3 1 1 0
Dauer 2b 4 0 1 0
Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 7 6
Kansas City 200 000 200480
Baltimore 031 000 20x671
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Black  L (6-11) 6.2 6 6 6 3 7
  LaCoss   1.1 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
5
8
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez D.   6.2 8 4 3 0 4
  Martinez T.  W (2-2) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Aase  SV (4) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
1
5

  E–Murray (12).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Young (11,off Black); Murray (21,off LaCoss).  HR–Kansas City Brett (14,1st inning off D Martinez 1 on, 1 out), Baltimore Young (10,2nd inning off Black 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Balboni (3,by D Martinez).  SH–Dempsey (3,off Black).  IBB–Lynn (4,by LaCoss).  SB–Wilson (27,2nd base off D Martinez/Dempsey).  BK–Black (1).  HBP–D Martinez (4,Balboni).  IBB–LaCoss (6,Lynn).  T–2:51.  A–31,278.
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