Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
May 3, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 3, Kansas City Royals 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 5 0 0 0
  Gutierrez 2b 0 0 0 0
Lacy rf 3 1 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 2 1
Murray 1b 2 1 1 0
Young lf 3 0 0 0
Sheets dh 4 0 0 1
Rayford 3b 4 0 1 1
Shelby cf 4 0 1 0
Dempsey c 3 0 2 0
Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Law lf 3 1 1 0
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 2 1
Orta dh 3 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 0 0
Motley rf 3 0 1 1
Quirk c 4 0 0 0
Salazar ss 3 0 0 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Baltimore 010 001 010371
Kansas City 011 000 000240
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dixon  W (3-1) 8.0 4 2 2 4 5
  Aase  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
4
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza  L (0-4) 7.0 6 3 3 4 6
  Quisenberry   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
6

  E–Ripken (3).  DP–Baltimore 1, Kansas City 1.  PB–Quirk (1).  2B–Baltimore Murray (3,off Gubicza); Ripken (5,off Gubicza), Kansas City White (7,off Dixon).  3B–Kansas City Law (2,off Dixon).  IBB–Murray (2,by Quisenberry).  SB–Law (4,2nd base off Dixon/Dempsey).  WP–Gubicza (1).  IBB–Quisenberry (1,Murray).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:35.  A–31,417.
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