Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
August 13, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 5 2 2 0
Rice lf 5 1 3 2
Baylor dh 4 0 1 0
Evans rf 2 1 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 1 2 1
Armas cf 4 0 1 1
  Romine cf 0 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 0 1 1
Romero ss 4 0 0 0
Seaver p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 5 1 1 0
Wilson cf 4 1 2 0
Brett 3b 3 0 1 1
Orta dh 4 0 2 1
White 2b 3 0 1 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 1 0
Kingery rf 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
  McRae ph 0 0 0 0
  Salazar pr 0 0 0 0
Biancalana ss 3 0 1 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Hargesheimer p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Boston 410 000 0005110
Kansas City 200 000 000290
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (6-10) 7.2 9 2 2 1 4
  Schiraldi  SV (4) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  L (9-10) 1.1 8 5 5 1 0
  Hargesheimer   5.2 2 0 0 2 1
  Quisenberry   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
2

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, Kansas City 3.  2B–Boston Barrett 2 (29,off Leibrandt 2); Rice (30,off Leibrandt); Armas (12,off Leibrandt); Baylor (16,off Leibrandt); Evans (26,off Quisenberry), Kansas City Orta (12,off Seaver).  IBB–Gedman (8,by Quisenberry).  SF–Brett (3,off Seaver).  SB–Wilson (24,2nd base off Seaver/Gedman).  IBB–Quisenberry (9,Gedman).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:31.  A–30,614.
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