Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
July 7, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 8, Kansas City Royals 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bonilla 2b 5 0 0 0
Lacy rf 5 0 2 1
Lynn cf 5 3 3 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 1 4 2
Beniquez 1b 3 1 0 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
Young dh 4 0 1 1
Rayford 3b 1 1 1 1
  O'Malley ph,3b 2 1 1 1
Shelby lf 5 1 2 1
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
Smith lf 4 0 0 0
Kingery rf 4 0 2 0
Orta dh 4 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 3 1 2 1
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 1 0
Pryor 3b 3 0 0 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
Salazar ss 3 0 1 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Baltimore 001 311 1108141
Kansas City 000 010 000180
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  W (11-4) 9.0 8 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  L (8-6) 3.0 6 4 4 3 1
  Farr   2.0 3 2 2 3 3
  Gubicza   3.0 4 2 2 1 2
  Quisenberry   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
7
6

  E–Rayford (9).  DP–Baltimore 2, Kansas City 3.  2B–Baltimore Ripken (22,off Farr), Kansas City Balboni (17,off Boddicker).  3B–Baltimore Shelby (2,off Gubicza).  HR–Baltimore Rayford (2,3rd inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 0 out); Ripken (12,4th inning off Leibrandt 1 on, 0 out); Lynn (14,8th inning off Gubicza 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City Balboni (17,5th inning off Boddicker 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Bonilla (1,by Farr).  IBB–Beniquez (1,by Farr).  CS–Lacy (3,2nd base by Leibrandt/Sundberg).  SB–Pryor (1,2nd base off Boddicker/Dempsey); Wilson (19,2nd base off Boddicker/Dempsey).  HBP–Farr (2,Bonilla).  IBB–Farr (6,Beniquez).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:51.  A–32,818.
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