Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
July 26, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1986 at Tiger 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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Kansas City Royals 3, Detroit Tigers 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 5 1 2 1
Wilson cf 5 1 2 0
Brett 3b 5 1 1 2
McRae dh 5 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 5 0 1 0
Motley rf 2 0 0 0
  Kingery ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Jones ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Salazar ss 4 0 1 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 8 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 1 1 0
Trammell dh,ss 4 1 1 1
Gibson rf,cf 5 1 2 0
Parrish c 4 0 1 1
Coles 3b 2 0 0 0
  Collins ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 0 0 0
  Grubb ph,rf 2 0 0 1
Herndon lf 3 0 1 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Brookens ss,3b 3 1 0 0
Engle 1b 3 0 1 0
  Evans ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 7 3
Kansas City 100 200 000 00381
Detroit 210 000 000 01471
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   8.0 5 3 3 3 6
  Farr  L (7-2) 2.1 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
10.1
7
4
4
4
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Thurmond   3.1 4 3 3 1 2
  Campbell   5.0 3 0 0 1 4
  Hernandez  W (6-4) 2.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
8
3
3
2
8

  E–Brett (13), Coles (13).  DP–Kansas City 2, Detroit 1.  PB–Sundberg (8).  2B–Kansas City Wilson (11,off Campbell).  3B–Detroit Whitaker (5,off D Jackson).  HR–Kansas City Smith (6,1st inning off Thurmond 0 on, 0 out); Brett (10,4th inning off Thurmond 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–White (3,by Campbell); Parrish (3,by Farr).  SB–Gibson (19,2nd base off D Jackson/Sundberg); Brookens (8,2nd base off D Jackson/Sundberg).  IBB–Farr (7,Parrish); Campbell (3,White).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–3:14.  A–42,577.
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