Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
May 23, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1986 at Royals Stadium. 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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Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 5 0 0 0
Hairston dh 5 0 0 0
Baines rf 5 0 1 0
  Nichols pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Walker 1b 4 1 4 0
Fisk c 5 1 2 0
Bonilla lf 5 1 2 1
Hulett 2b 4 1 1 0
Guillen ss 4 0 1 2
Tolleson 3b 2 0 1 1
Cowley p 0 0 0 0
  McKeon p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 12 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Orta dh 3 0 1 0
Law lf 2 0 0 0
  Balboni ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Quirk 1b,lf 3 1 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 1 0
Motley rf 4 0 0 0
Salazar ss 3 0 2 1
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Chicago 030 000 0104120
Kansas City 010 000 000140
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Cowley  W (1-1) 7.1 3 1 1 4 3
  McKeon   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Nelson  SV (1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
5
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  L (2-5) 7.0 9 3 3 2 5
  Farr   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Sundberg (5).  2B–Chicago Bonilla (5,off Saberhagen); Guillen (4,off Saberhagen); Hulett (5,off Farr).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:54.  A–25,311.
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