Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
May 4, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 1, Kansas City Royals 11

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 4 0 2 0
Shelby rf 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 1 0 0
Murray 1b 3 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0
Sheets dh 4 0 2 0
Young lf 4 0 2 1
Rayford 3b 4 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 0 1 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Swaggerty p 0 0 0 0
  Havens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 3 1 3 1
  Jones lf,cf 2 0 0 0
Wilson cf 5 1 3 0
  Law lf 0 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 0 1 1
  Pryor 3b 0 0 0 0
White 2b 3 1 1 1
  Biancalana 2b 0 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 2 2 1 0
McRae dh 5 1 1 1
Motley rf 5 2 2 0
Sundberg c 4 2 2 1
Salazar ss 5 1 3 5
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Huismann p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 17 10
Baltimore 000 000 001170
Kansas City 210 224 00x11170
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  L (2-3) 3.1 6 5 5 2 2
  Swaggerty   1.0 6 2 2 1 1
  Havens   3.2 5 4 4 3 4
Totals
8.0
17
11
11
6
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (3-2) 7.0 3 0 0 1 4
  Huismann   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Farr   1.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Baltimore Young (4,off Leonard); Dempsey (5,off Huismann), Kansas City Wilson (2,off McGregor); Motley 2 (5,off McGregor,off Swaggerty); Sundberg (1,off Havens); Salazar (4,off Havens).  3B–Kansas City Smith (1,off McGregor).  SF–Brett (2,off McGregor); White (2,off McGregor).  IBB–Sundberg (1,by Swaggerty).  SB–Wiggins (7,2nd base off Leonard/Sundberg).  WP–Swaggerty (1), Havens (2).  IBB–Swaggerty (1,Sundberg).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:45.  A–33,690.
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