Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
August 20, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 7, Kansas City Royals 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 2 1 0
Fletcher ss 5 2 3 3
O'Brien 1b 5 0 1 0
Incaviglia dh 5 0 1 0
Ward lf 4 1 3 2
Parrish 3b 3 0 0 0
  Wilkerson 2b 0 0 0 0
Sierra rf 4 0 1 1
Petralli c 4 1 1 0
Buechele 2b,3b 4 1 1 1
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 12 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 4 1 1 0
Wilson cf 3 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
Orta dh 3 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 1 0
Balboni 1b 3 0 0 0
Kingery rf 3 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 1 0
Salazar ss 1 0 0 0
  Biancalana ss 1 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
  Pryor ss 0 0 0 0
Bankhead p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 0
Texas 004 001 2007120
Kansas City 100 000 000131
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (10-8) 8.2 3 1 1 1 2
  Mohorcic   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
1
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bankhead  L (6-7) 6.0 8 5 5 1 6
  Black   3.0 4 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
2
7

  E–Bankhead (1).  DP–Texas 1.  PB–Petralli (1).  2B–Texas Buechele (14,off Bankhead); Fletcher (29,off Bankhead); McDowell (21,off Black); Ward (14,off Black).  SF–Ward (2,off Bankhead).  IBB–Parrish (6,by Black).  HBP–Wilson (8,by Hough).  WP–Hough (14).  HBP–Hough (5,Wilson).  IBB–Black (3,Parrish).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:24.  A–26,107.
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