Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
April 30, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1986 at Tiger 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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Kansas City Royals 7, Detroit Tigers 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Law lf 4 0 1 1
  Sundberg ph,c 1 1 1 0
Wilson cf 5 1 2 1
Brett 3b 5 1 2 1
White 2b 3 0 0 0
Orta dh 4 0 2 2
Balboni 1b 5 0 0 0
Motley rf 3 1 0 0
Quirk c 3 2 1 1
  Jones ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Salazar ss 4 1 3 1
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Trammell ss 4 1 2 2
Coles 3b 3 0 0 0
Herndon lf 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
Harper rf 2 0 0 0
  Bergman 1b 1 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 0 0 0
Brookens 2b 3 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 1 1 1
  Sheridan rf 0 0 0 0
Collins dh 3 1 1 0
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Cary p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
Kansas City 000 010 1057120
Detroit 002 000 010351
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  W (4-0) 8.0 5 3 3 0 3
  Quisenberry   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
0
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry   8.0 7 3 2 3 5
  Hernandez  L (1-1) 0.1 4 4 4 0 0
  Cary   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  O'Neal   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
4
5

  E–Trammell (7).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Kansas City Salazar 2 (3,off Petry,off Hernandez), Detroit Trammell (6,off Leibrandt); Collins (2,off Leibrandt).  HR–Kansas City Quirk (1,5th inning off Petry 0 on, 1 out), Detroit Trammell (3,3rd inning off Leibrandt 1 on, 1 out); Evans (5,8th inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Jones (1,off Hernandez); Coles (6,off Leibrandt); Harper (1,off Leibrandt).  IBB–White (1,by Cary).  SB–Wilson (3,2nd base off Petry/Parrish).  WP–Petry (1).  IBB–Cary (2,White).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:44.  A–14,606.
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