Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
April 25, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1986 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 0, Kansas City Royals 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 4 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 2 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Rice lf 4 0 1 0
Baylor dh 4 0 1 0
Armas cf 4 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 0 2 0
Barrett 2b 3 0 0 0
Romero ss 2 0 0 0
Boyd p 0 0 0 0
  Lollar p 0 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Law lf 3 1 0 0
Wilson cf 3 1 0 0
Brett 3b 3 1 1 3
White 2b 4 1 2 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 2 0
McRae dh 4 1 2 1
Motley rf 4 1 1 2
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
Salazar ss 3 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 6
Boston 000 000 000051
Kansas City 102 002 01x680
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boyd  L (1-2) 6.0 6 5 5 2 3
  Lollar   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Brown   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
2
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  W (3-0) 9.0 5 0 0 3 1
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
3
1

  E–Gedman (1).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Boston Gedman (4,off Leibrandt), Kansas City McRae 2 (4,off Boyd,off Brown).  3B–Kansas City White (1,off Lollar).  HR–Kansas City Brett (4,3rd inning off Boyd 1 on, 2 out); Motley (3,6th inning off Boyd 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Brett (1,off Boyd).  SB–Law (3,2nd base off Boyd/Gedman).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:14.  A–26,400.
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