Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 20, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1986 at Exhibition Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 6, Toronto Blue Jays 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Law lf 4 0 2 1
Wilson cf 5 1 1 1
Brett 3b 2 1 0 0
White 2b 5 1 2 3
Balboni 1b 5 1 2 0
McRae dh 4 1 1 0
Motley rf 4 0 0 0
Quirk c 3 1 1 1
Biancalana ss 3 0 1 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Moseby cf 5 1 2 1
Fernandez ss 4 0 1 0
Johnson dh 4 1 1 0
Barfield rf 3 1 1 0
Upshaw 1b 4 1 2 1
Iorg 2b 3 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 1 0
  Garcia pr 0 0 0 0
  Martinez c 0 0 0 0
Gruber 3b 3 0 2 0
  Mulliniks ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Leach lf 4 0 1 2
Hearron c 3 0 0 0
  Fielder ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
Kansas City 020 000 4006101
Toronto 200 000 0204110
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  W (2-0) 7.1 8 4 4 3 7
  Quisenberry  SV (3) 1.2 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
3
8
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Acker   5.0 5 2 2 2 1
  Lamp  L (0-1) 2.0 4 4 4 1 1
  Gordon   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
4
4

  E–Biancalana (1).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City McRae (1,off Acker); Law (7,off Acker), Toronto C Johnson (3,off Leibrandt).  HR–Kansas City White (1,7th inning off Lamp 2 on, 2 out), Toronto Moseby (3,1st inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Biancalana (1,off Lamp).  SF–Quirk (1,off Acker).  IBB–Brett 2 (5,by Acker,by Lamp).  SB–Law 2 (2,2nd base off Acker/Hearron 2).  CS–Gruber (1,2nd base by Leibrandt/Quirk).  IBB–Acker (1,Brett); Lamp (2,Brett).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:51.  A–38,141.
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