Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox
May 16, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1986 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 2, Chicago White Sox 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 2 1
Law rf 3 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Orta dh 2 0 1 1
Balboni 1b 4 0 0 0
Smith lf 3 0 0 0
Quirk c 3 0 1 0
Salazar ss 2 1 2 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
  Biancalana ss 0 0 0 0
  Sundberg ph 0 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Tolleson 3b 4 1 1 0
Hulett 2b 4 0 1 0
Baines rf 4 1 4 1
Fisk dh 4 0 0 0
Kittle lf 2 1 0 0
  Cangelosi cf 0 0 0 0
Walker 1b 1 1 0 0
Nichols cf 3 0 1 3
  Bonilla ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Guillen ss 4 0 1 0
Skinner c 4 0 1 0
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Kansas City 110 000 000270
Chicago 100 030 00x491
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  L (4-2) 5.0 7 4 4 4 4
  Farr   3.0 2 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
6
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson  W (2-3) 5.0 7 2 2 3 2
  Nelson   3.2 0 0 0 3 3
  James  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
6
5

  E–Skinner (3).  DP–Kansas City 2, Chicago 3.  2B–Kansas City Salazar (5,off Dotson), Chicago Baines 2 (5,off Leibrandt,off Farr); Nichols (2,off Leibrandt).  SF–Orta (1,off Dotson).  IBB–Walker (2,by Farr).  SB–Wilson (7,2nd base off Dotson/Skinner).  WP–Leibrandt (1), Farr (1).  IBB–Farr (1,Walker).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:41.  A–24,215.
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