Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
May 21, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1986 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers 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 1, Texas Rangers 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Law lf 4 1 3 0
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 1
Orta dh 4 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 0 0
Motley rf 4 0 1 0
Quirk c 3 0 2 0
  Smith pr 0 0 0 0
  Sundberg c 1 0 0 0
Salazar ss 2 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
  Biancalana ss 1 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 6 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 1 1 0
Ward lf 4 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 5 1 2 0
Incaviglia rf 4 0 2 0
  Wright pr,rf 1 0 1 1
Paciorek dh 4 0 1 1
Harrah 2b 3 0 1 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 0 0
Mercado c 3 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 0 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Kansas City 000 000 001 0160
Texas 000 000 010 1280
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   7.2 6 1 1 4 5
  Farr  L (2-1) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.2
8
2
2
4
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman   8.0 6 1 1 0 5
  Williams   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Harris  W (3-6) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
6
1
1
0
7

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Quirk (2,off Guzman); Law (10,off Guzman), Texas Incaviglia (7,off Leibrandt); Harrah (7,off Leibrandt).  3B–Texas G Wright (1,off Farr).  SH–Buechele (6,off Leibrandt).  SB–Law (9,2nd base off Guzman/Mercado).  CS–Law (4,2nd base by Guzman/Mercado).  WP–Williams (2).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:53.  A–20,728.
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