Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
August 2, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1985 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 5 0 2 3
Boggs 3b 5 0 2 0
Buckner 1b 5 0 1 0
Rice lf 2 0 0 0
Armas dh 5 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 5 0 1 0
Sax c 3 1 1 0
  Easler ph 1 0 0 0
  Sullivan c 0 0 0 0
Lyons cf 4 1 2 0
Gutierrez ss 3 1 1 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 10 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 2 1
Smith lf 5 1 2 1
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 0 1 2
  Wathan pr,dh 0 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 0 0
Motley rf 2 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 1 0
  Sheridan pr 0 1 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 1 1 0
  Orta ph 0 0 0 0
  Scranton pr 0 0 0 0
Black p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Boston 020 100 000 03100
Kansas City 000 001 002 1470
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst   8.1 4 3 3 2 7
  Clear  L (1-2) 1.0 2 1 1 3 0
  Stanley   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.1
7
4
4
5
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Black   8.0 9 3 3 3 3
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry  W (5-6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
3
3
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Buckner (30,off Black), Kansas City Smith (14,off Hurst); McRae (9,off Clear).  3B–Kansas City Concepcion (1,off Hurst).  SH–Gutierrez (6,off Black); Sax (2,off Black); Sundberg (2,off Clear).  IBB–White (2,by Clear); Orta (4,by Clear); Wilson (3,by Clear).  SB–Gutierrez (7,2nd base off Black/Sundberg); Lyons (5,3rd base off Black/Sundberg).  CS–Motley (2,2nd base by Hurst/Sax).  WP–Clear (5).  BK–Hurst (3).  IBB–Clear 3 (7,White,Orta,Wilson).  T–3:04.  A–37,212.
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