Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
July 12, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Kansas City Royals 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Brookens 2b 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 1 1 1
Gibson rf 4 0 1 0
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Coles 3b 4 0 0 0
Herndon lf 3 2 1 0
Engle 1b 3 1 3 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
Collins dh 3 0 2 2
Sheridan cf 2 0 0 0
  Lemon ph,cf 1 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 1 0 1 1
King p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  Pacella p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neal p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 2 2 1
Smith lf 3 2 2 1
  Jones lf 0 0 0 0
Kingery rf 4 1 2 0
Orta dh 2 0 0 0
  McRae ph,dh 2 0 1 1
White 2b 3 1 2 2
  Biancalana 2b 1 0 1 0
Balboni 1b 5 0 0 1
Sundberg c 2 0 0 0
Pryor 3b 3 0 2 1
Salazar ss 4 1 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 12 7
Detroit 120 000 001490
Kansas City 200 300 11x7121
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
King  L (5-2) 3.1 6 5 5 3 3
  Thurmond   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Pacella   2.2 3 1 1 2 3
  O'Neal   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Campbell   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
7
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  W (9-6) 8.0 6 3 3 3 3
  Farr   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Jackson  SV (1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
4

  E–Kingery (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Detroit Engle 3 (7,off Leibrandt 3); Collins (14,off Leibrandt); Gibson (5,off Leibrandt); Herndon (11,off Farr).  HR–Detroit Trammell (7,1st inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City Wilson (5,1st inning off King 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Pryor (1,off Pacella).  SF–White (6,off Thurmond).  HBP–Wilson (6,by King).  IBB–Kingery (1,by Thurmond).  CS–Brookens (5,2nd base by Leibrandt/Sundberg).  SB–Wilson 2 (21,2nd base off King/Parrish,3rd base off Thurmond/Parrish); Smith (14,2nd base off Thurmond/Parrish).  HBP–King (3,Wilson).  IBB–Thurmond (1,Kingery).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:18.  A–33,822.
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