Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
July 18, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 3, Kansas City Royals 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 4 0 0 0
Butler cf 4 3 3 1
Carter lf,rf 5 0 4 1
Thornton dh 5 0 0 0
  Nixon pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 0 0
Tabler 1b 5 0 0 0
Snyder ss,rf,ss 4 0 1 0
Castillo rf 2 0 0 0
  Mullins ss 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Allanson c 3 0 0 0
  Bando ph,c 1 0 0 0
Schrom p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Camacho p 0 0 0 0
  Oelkers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 8 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 5 0 0 0
Wilson cf 5 0 2 0
Kingery rf 5 1 1 1
Orta dh 3 0 2 0
  Motley ph,dh 2 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 4 1 1 1
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
Pryor 3b 3 0 0 0
  McRae ph 0 0 0 0
  Biancalana pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Salazar ss 3 0 1 0
  Quirk ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 7 2
Cleveland 101 000 000 1384
Kansas City 110 000 000 0271
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Schrom   6.2 7 2 2 1 2
  Bailes   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Camacho   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Oelkers  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
7
2
2
4
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   8.0 6 2 2 2 0
  Quisenberry  L (0-4) 2.0 2 1 0 2 1
Totals
10.0
8
3
2
4
1

  E–Bernazard (11), Castillo (3), Allanson (14), Schrom (3), Biancalana (10).  DP–Cleveland 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Cleveland Carter (17,off Leibrandt).  HR–Cleveland Butler (2,3rd inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 2 out), Kansas City Kingery (1,1st inning off Schrom 0 on, 2 out); Balboni (18,2nd inning off Schrom 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Castillo (1,off Leibrandt).  IBB–Jacoby (2,by Quisenberry); Balboni (1,by Schrom).  SB–Nixon (6,2nd base off Quisenberry/Sundberg); Wilson (22,2nd base off Schrom/Allanson); Smith (16,2nd base off Schrom/Allanson).  WP–Camacho (1).  IBB–Schrom (1,Balboni); Quisenberry (8,Jacoby).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:40.  A–35,648.
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