Kansas City Royals vs California Angels
June 14, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 14, 1986 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 5, California Angels 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 0 0
Smith lf 4 2 2 1
Law rf 3 1 2 1
Brett 3b 3 0 1 1
Orta dh 4 0 1 1
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 1 0
Quirk c 4 0 0 0
Biancalana ss 3 1 1 1
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Cone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Jones rf 3 2 2 1
  Hendrick ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Joyner 1b 4 2 2 2
Downing lf 2 0 0 0
Jackson dh 3 1 2 1
DeCinces 3b 4 1 1 1
Wilfong 2b 3 0 1 0
  Grich ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Schofield ss 4 0 0 0
Boone c 4 0 0 0
Pettis cf 3 0 0 0
Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 5
Kansas City 103 000 100584
California 310 010 01x680
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard   6.0 7 5 4 2 10
  Black  L (3-4) 1.2 1 1 1 2 0
  Cone   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
4
11
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   6.1 7 5 5 3 6
  Forster   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Corbett  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
7

  E–Wilson (2), Brett (12), Biancalana 2 (5).  DP–Kansas City 1, California 1.  2B–Kansas City Smith (5,off Sutton); Law (17,off Sutton); Balboni (13,off Sutton), California Jackson (6,off Leonard); Joyner (9,off Leonard).  HR–Kansas City Biancalana (1,3rd inning off Sutton 0 on, 0 out); Smith (2,3rd inning off Sutton 0 on, 1 out), California Joyner (19,1st inning off Leonard 1 on, 0 out); Jones (5,2nd inning off Leonard 0 on, 2 out); DeCinces (8,8th inning off Black 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Smith (5,by Sutton); Jones (1,by Leonard).  IBB–Brett (10,by Sutton).  HBP–Leonard (3,Jones); Sutton (2,Smith).  IBB–Sutton (1,Brett).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–(none), 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–3:08.  A–40,005.
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