Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
July 8, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 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 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
O'Malley 3b 1 0 0 0
  Rayford 3b 5 0 0 0
Lacy rf 3 1 0 0
  Murray ph 1 0 0 0
  Young lf 1 0 0 0
Lynn cf 6 1 2 2
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 1 1 1
Dwyer dh 4 2 3 1
Beniquez 1b 6 1 1 1
Shelby lf,rf 5 0 0 0
Pardo c 3 1 2 0
  Dempsey c 3 0 1 0
Bonilla 2b 5 1 2 2
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
  Snell p 0 0 0 0
  Havens p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 8 12 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
Smith lf 5 0 0 0
White 2b 5 0 1 2
McRae dh 5 0 2 0
Motley rf 3 0 0 0
  Kingery ph,rf 3 1 2 0
Balboni 1b 5 0 0 1
Pryor 3b,ss 5 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 1 1 0
Salazar ss 2 1 1 0
  Orta ph 0 1 0 0
  Biancalana ss 0 0 0 0
  Quirk ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Bankhead p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 4 8 3
Baltimore 003 000 001 000 48122
Kansas City 000 001 021 000 0481
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor   7.0 5 2 2 1 2
  Aase   1.1 2 2 2 3 1
  Snell   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Havens   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Jones  W (1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
13.0
8
4
4
7
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bankhead   9.0 6 4 4 2 5
  Farr   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Quisenberry  L (0-3) 1.1 2 4 1 1 0
  Black   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.0
12
8
5
3
7

  E–Pryor (3).  DP–Baltimore 3, Kansas City 1.  2B–Baltimore Dwyer (7,off Bankhead); Lynn (6,off Quisenberry), Kansas City Salazar (13,off McGregor).  3B–Kansas City Kingery (1,off Aase).  HR–Baltimore Dwyer (5,9th inning off Bankhead 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Rayford (2,off Bankhead); Bonilla (4,off Farr); Wilson (3,off Aase).  SF–Ripken (3,off Bankhead); Balboni (5,off Aase).  HBP–Shelby (1,by Black).  IBB–Dwyer (1,by Quisenberry).  WP–McGregor (3).  HBP–Black (2,Shelby).  IBB–Quisenberry (6,Dwyer).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–4:12.  A–23,291.
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