Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
July 27, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1986 at Tiger 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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Kansas City Royals 5, Detroit Tigers 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 5 0 2 0
Wilson cf 4 2 1 0
Brett 3b 4 2 1 1
Orta dh 5 0 2 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 3 2
Kingery rf 3 1 1 1
  Motley ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Quirk c 2 0 0 0
  Sundberg ph,c 1 0 0 0
Salazar ss 2 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 1 1
  Pryor pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Biancalana 2b 2 0 0 0
  White ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 0
Collins lf 2 1 1 0
Gibson rf 2 1 0 1
Grubb dh 2 0 0 0
  Trammell ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 0 0 1
Coles 3b 3 0 0 1
Lowry c 3 0 2 1
Lemon cf 4 0 0 0
Brookens ss 2 1 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
  Slaton p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 4 4
Kansas City 000 003 1015110
Detroit 001 030 000440
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza   4.0 2 3 3 5 7
  Black   3.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Saberhagen  W (6-10) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
4
4
7
9
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell   5.2 7 3 3 2 5
  Slaton   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Thurmond   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez  L (6-5) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  PB–Quirk (2).  2B–Kansas City Brett (17,off Terrell), Detroit Lowry (2,off Gubicza).  SF–Gibson (3,off Gubicza); Coles (3,off Black).  HBP–Lowry (2,by Gubicza); Gibson (4,by Black).  SB–Kingery (1,2nd base off Terrell/Lowry).  CS–Collins (7,2nd base by Black/Quirk).  WP–Gubicza 2 (11), Terrell (3).  HBP–Gubicza (3,Lowry); Black (4,Gibson).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–3:06.  A–41,756.
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