Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 31, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 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 1, Kansas City Royals 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 3 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
Porter dh 3 0 2 0
Wright G. rf 4 0 1 0
Jones lf 3 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0
Harrah 2b 3 1 1 1
Buechele 3b 3 0 2 0
Mercado c 2 0 0 0
  Petralli ph,c 2 0 0 0
Mason p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
  Wright R. p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 1 1
Smith lf 4 3 3 1
  Jones lf 1 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 1 2 0
  Pryor 3b 0 0 0 0
White 2b 5 0 1 2
McRae dh 3 0 1 1
Balboni 1b 3 0 0 1
Sundberg c 3 2 1 0
Motley rf 4 0 1 0
Salazar ss 4 1 2 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 12 6
Texas 000 010 000173
Kansas City 112 004 00x8121
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Mason  L (4-2) 5.1 10 7 6 3 2
  Mohorcic   0.2 1 1 0 1 0
  Wright   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Harris   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
8
6
4
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza  W (3-4) 6.0 5 1 1 3 3
  Farr   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Black   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
5

  E–Jones (1), Harrah (4), Buechele (3), Balboni (7).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Texas Porter (2,off Farr); Buechele (5,off Black), Kansas City White (13,off Mason).  HR–Texas Harrah (2,5th inning off Gubicza 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–McRae (4,by Mason); Brett (8,by Mohorcic).  CS–G Wright (3,2nd base by Gubicza/Sundberg); Motley (2,Home by Mason/Mercado).  IBB–Mason (3,McRae); Mohorcic (1,Brett).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:37.  A–34,442.
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