Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
June 1, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 1, 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 3, Kansas City Royals 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Fletcher ss 4 0 0 0
Ward lf 4 1 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
Incaviglia rf 3 1 0 0
Sierra cf 3 1 2 3
Paciorek dh 4 0 0 0
Harrah 2b 4 0 1 0
Buechele 3b 4 0 2 0
Mercado c 3 0 1 0
  Wright ph 1 0 0 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 1
Smith lf 4 0 1 2
  Jones rf 0 0 0 0
Law rf,lf 4 1 2 0
Brett 3b 4 1 2 1
Orta dh 3 0 2 1
  McRae ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Quirk c 4 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 2 0 0 0
  Biancalana ss 1 0 1 0
Pryor 2b,1b 4 2 1 0
Salazar ss 2 0 1 0
  White ph,2b 1 1 1 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Texas 000 300 000381
Kansas City 000 110 21x5113
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman  L (4-6) 6.1 8 4 4 1 4
  Williams   1.2 3 1 1 0 3
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
1
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  W (5-3) 9.0 8 3 3 2 7
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
7

  E–Mercado (1), Smith (1), Brett (6), Salazar (4).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Harrah (8,off Leibrandt); Sierra (1,off Leibrandt), Kansas City Law (16,off Guzman); Orta (5,off Guzman); Pryor (1,off Guzman).  3B–Kansas City Smith (2,off Williams); Biancalana (1,off Williams).  HR–Texas Sierra (1,4th inning off Leibrandt 2 on, 1 out), Kansas City Brett (7,8th inning off Williams 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Buechele (2,2nd base by Leibrandt/Quirk).  SB–Wilson (11,2nd base off Guzman/Mercado).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:31.  A–40,023.
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