Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 30, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 2, Kansas City Royals 12

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 0 1 0
Paciorek 3b 4 1 1 1
O'Brien 1b 4 0 0 0
Incaviglia rf 3 0 0 0
  Jones lf 1 0 0 0
Ward lf 0 0 0 0
  Wright G. ph,lf,rf 3 0 1 0
Porter dh 3 0 0 1
Harrah 2b 4 0 0 0
Mercado c 2 0 1 0
  Petralli c 2 0 0 0
Wilkerson ss 4 1 2 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Mahler p 0 0 0 0
  Wright R. p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 1
  Motley rf 1 0 0 0
Smith lf 3 3 0 0
Law rf,cf 4 4 3 2
Brett 3b 2 1 1 2
  Pryor ph,3b 1 0 1 1
White 2b 5 1 2 1
  Biancalana 2b 0 0 0 0
Orta dh 1 0 0 0
  McRae ph,dh 2 0 1 2
Sundberg c 4 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 3 2 2 2
Salazar ss 5 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Bankhead p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 12 11 11
Texas 100 000 100263
Kansas City 301 313 10x12112
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  L (2-4) 3.2 4 7 6 6 2
  Mahler   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Wright   1.0 3 3 3 2 0
  Henry   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
12
11
11
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (5-4) 7.0 6 2 1 1 4
  Bankhead   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
1
6

  E–Paciorek (3), Wilkerson (7), Witt (2), Brett (5), Sundberg (2).  DP–Texas 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Texas McDowell (10,off Leonard); Wilkerson (4,off Leonard), Kansas City Law 3 (15,off Witt 2,off R Wright); Balboni (6,off Witt); White (12,off Henry).  HR–Kansas City Wilson (4,1st inning off Witt 0 on, 0 out); Balboni (7,5th inning off Mahler 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Ward (1,by Leonard).  IBB–McRae (3,by Mahler).  SB–Smith (3,2nd base off Witt/Mercado).  WP–Leonard (2).  HBP–Leonard (2,Ward).  IBB–Mahler (2,McRae).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:40.  A–26,414.
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