Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
May 15, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 3, Kansas City Royals 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 1 1 0
Franco ss 4 0 1 1
Carter rf 3 1 1 0
Thornton dh 4 1 1 1
Tabler 1b 4 0 1 1
Jacoby 3b 4 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 4 0 0 0
Hall lf 3 0 2 0
  Castillo ph 1 0 0 0
Allanson c 3 0 1 0
Schrom p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Yett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Law rf 4 0 1 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
  Pryor 3b 0 0 0 0
  McRae ph 0 0 0 0
  Jones pr,2b 0 1 0 0
White 2b,3b 4 1 1 4
Orta dh 4 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 0 0
Smith lf 2 1 0 0
Sundberg c 3 1 2 0
Biancalana ss 2 0 1 1
  Quirk ph 1 0 1 0
  Salazar pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 7 5
Cleveland 001 001 010381
Kansas City 000 010 05x671
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Schrom   7.0 5 3 3 0 1
  Bailes  L (4-4) 0.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Yett   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
1
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (4-3) 8.0 8 3 2 1 5
  Black  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
1
6

  E–Bailes (1), Balboni (5).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Cleveland Allanson (1,off Leonard), Kansas City Law (9,off Schrom).  3B–Cleveland Tabler (1,off Leonard).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (5,8th inning off Leonard 0 on, 2 out), Kansas City White (3,8th inning off Yett 3 on, 1 out).  HBP–Smith (2,by Schrom).  IBB–McRae (2,by Bailes).  SB–Butler (7,2nd base off Leonard/Sundberg).  WP–Leonard (1).  HBP–Schrom (3,Smith).  IBB–Bailes (2,McRae).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:42.  A–29,201.
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