Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
May 24, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City Royals 7

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 4 1 1 1
  Hulett 2b 0 0 0 0
Tolleson 3b 4 1 1 0
Hairston dh 4 1 1 1
Walker 1b 4 0 1 0
Fisk c 4 2 1 3
Bonilla rf 3 0 0 0
Kittle lf 3 0 1 1
Guillen ss 4 1 2 0
Cruz 2b 3 0 0 0
  Nichols ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 3 0
Orta dh 4 1 1 0
Law lf 5 2 3 3
Brett 3b 4 2 1 0
White 2b 5 1 3 2
Sundberg c 4 0 2 2
Balboni 1b 3 0 0 0
Motley rf 3 0 0 0
Salazar ss 4 0 2 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 15 7
Chicago 010 000 050680
Kansas City 000 120 3017150
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Allen   4.1 7 3 3 4 1
  Dawley   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Clark   0.2 4 2 2 0 0
  James  L (2-4) 1.2 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.2
15
7
7
5
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza   7.1 6 4 4 1 5
  Black  W (3-3) 1.2 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Salazar (6,off Allen); Orta (3,off James); Sundberg (6,off James).  HR–Chicago Fisk (4,8th inning off Black 2 on, 2 out), Kansas City White (6,4th inning off Allen 0 on, 1 out); Law (1,5th inning off Allen 1 on, 0 out).  SB–Guillen (2,2nd base off Gubicza/Sundberg); Cangelosi (22,2nd base off Gubicza/Sundberg); Law (10,2nd base off Allen/Fisk); Wilson (9,2nd base off Dawley/Fisk).  CS–White (3,2nd base by Dawley/Fisk).  WP–Gubicza (7).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:11.  A–37,011.
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