Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
July 11, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 11, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 8, Kansas City Royals 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 6 0 0 0
Collins lf,cf 5 2 2 2
Gibson rf 4 1 2 1
Evans 1b 3 1 0 0
  Trammell pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Coles 3b 5 1 1 0
  Engle lf 1 0 1 1
Grubb dh 5 2 2 3
Brookens ss,3b 5 0 2 1
Sheridan cf 2 0 1 0
  Herndon ph,lf 2 1 1 0
  Bergman ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Lowry c 2 0 1 0
  Parrish ph,c 2 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neal p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 8 13 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Motley cf 3 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,cf 3 0 0 0
Smith lf 6 1 2 0
Kingery rf 5 2 2 1
McRae dh 4 1 1 0
Balboni 1b 4 1 2 1
Sundberg c 4 1 2 5
Biancalana 2b 2 0 0 0
  White ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Pryor 3b 5 0 0 0
Salazar ss 4 1 1 0
  Orta ph 1 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 7 11 7
Detroit 014 000 020 018130
Kansas City 005 000 200 007111
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   2.2 5 5 5 3 2
  O'Neal   5.1 5 2 2 0 5
  Hernandez  W (4-4) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Campbell  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
11
7
7
3
10
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard   2.2 7 5 5 1 2
  Black   5.0 4 2 2 2 4
  Gubicza  L (3-5) 3.1 2 1 1 3 4
Totals
11.0
13
8
8
6
10

  E–Sundberg (3).  2B–Detroit Grubb (2,off Leonard), Kansas City Salazar (14,off Tanana); White (20,off Hernandez).  HR–Detroit Grubb (3,2nd inning off Leonard 0 on, 1 out); Collins (1,8th inning off Black 1 on, 2 out), Kansas City Sundberg (4,3rd inning off Tanana 3 on, 2 out).  SF–Gibson (2,off Leonard).  HBP–Collins (2,by Black).  SB–Collins (13,2nd base off Leonard/Sundberg); Trammell (13,2nd base off Gubicza/Sundberg); Gibson (14,2nd base off Gubicza/Sundberg); Smith (13,2nd base off Tanana/Lowry).  HBP–Black (3,Collins).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–3:41.  A–40,465.
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