Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
October 12, 1985 Box Score

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

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Toronto Blue Jays 3, Kansas City Royals 1

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 3 1 1 0
Moseby cf 4 1 1 1
Bell lf 4 1 1 0
Johnson dh 2 0 0 0
  Oliver ph,dh 1 0 1 2
Barfield rf 4 0 2 0
Upshaw 1b 4 0 0 0
Iorg 3b 4 0 0 0
Whitt c 2 0 0 0
  Fielder ph 1 0 1 0
  Thornton pr 0 0 0 0
  Hearron c 0 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 3 0 0 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 1 1 0 0
  Jones lf 0 0 0 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
Wilson cf 3 0 2 0
Brett 3b 2 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 0 0 1
Sheridan rf 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 3 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
  Orta ph 1 0 0 0
Biancalana ss 2 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 0 0 0 0
  Concepcion pr 0 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 2 1
Toronto 000 000 003370
Kansas City 000 001 000120
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb   6.2 2 1 1 7 6
  Henke  W (2-0) 2.1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
9
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  L (0-2) 8.0 5 2 2 2 1
  Quisenberry   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
1

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Toronto Barfield (1,off Leibrandt); Garcia (3,off Leibrandt); Fielder (1,off Leibrandt); Moseby (1,off Leibrandt); Oliver (1,off Quisenberry).  SH–Wilson (1,off Stieb).  IBB–Brett 2 (2,by Stieb 2).  CS–Barfield (1,2nd base by Leibrandt/Sundberg).  IBB–Stieb 2 (2,Brett 2).  U–Ted Hendry, Vic Voltaggio, Derryl Cousins, Dave Phillips, Jim Evans, Dale Ford.  T–3:02.  A–41,112.
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