Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
August 8, 1985 Box Score

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

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Detroit Tigers 4, Kansas City Royals 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 1 2 0
Trammell ss 4 1 1 1
Gibson rf 3 0 0 0
Parrish dh 5 0 1 2
Evans 1b 3 1 1 1
Garbey lf 4 0 1 0
  Melvin c 0 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Brookens 3b 4 0 1 0
Castillo c 2 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 0 1 0 0
  Herndon lf 1 0 0 0
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 1 1 0
Smith lf 3 2 1 0
  Jones lf 0 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 1 1 0
McRae dh 3 1 1 3
Iorg rf 3 0 1 1
  Motley pr,rf 1 1 0 0
White 2b 4 0 2 1
Balboni 1b 4 0 0 0
Wathan c 3 0 2 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
Detroit 101 001 100480
Kansas City 000 302 10x6101
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry  L (12-11) 5.2 8 5 5 2 1
  Lopez   2.1 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
4
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Farr   4.0 5 2 2 2 5
  Gubicza  W (8-6) 2.1 2 2 2 2 3
  Quisenberry  SV (25) 2.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
10

  E–Concepcion (15).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Kansas City White (15,off Petry); Concepcion (4,off Petry); Brett (24,off Petry).  3B–Detroit Whitaker (5,off Farr), Kansas City Wathan (1,off Lopez).  HR–Detroit Evans (26,6th inning off Gubicza 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Trammell (7,off Farr); McRae (2,off Lopez).  IBB–Brett (24,by Lopez).  SB–Brookens (8,2nd base off Farr/Wathan); Wilson (32,2nd base off Petry/Castillo); Smith (26,2nd base off Lopez/Melvin).  CS–Wilson (9,2nd base by Lopez/Melvin).  WP–Lopez (4).  IBB–Lopez (6,Brett).  T–3:04.  A–35,585.
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