Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
August 21, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 3, Kansas City Royals 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Fletcher ss 4 0 0 1
Ward lf 4 0 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
Incaviglia dh 4 1 0 0
Parrish 3b 4 1 1 2
Paciorek rf 4 0 1 0
Slaught c 4 1 1 0
Buechele 2b 2 0 1 0
  Wilkerson pr 0 0 0 0
McDowell cf 2 0 1 0
  Sierra ph 1 0 0 0
Correa p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 2 0 1 0
Wilson cf 4 0 2 1
Brett 3b 2 0 1 1
Orta dh 4 0 0 0
White 2b 3 1 1 1
  Salazar ss 0 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 4 1 1 1
Kingery rf 3 0 1 0
  Motley ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Quirk c 2 1 0 0
  Sundberg ph,c 1 0 0 0
Biancalana ss,2b 2 1 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 7 4
Texas 000 210 000370
Kansas City 011 110 00x473
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Correa  L (7-11) 6.0 7 4 4 6 5
  Williams   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
8
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  W (10-10) 9.0 7 3 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
3
1
2
5

  E–White (10), Balboni (16), Leibrandt (1).  DP–Texas 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Texas Slaught (15,off Leibrandt).  HR–Texas Parrish (19,4th inning off Leibrandt 1 on, 2 out), Kansas City Balboni (27,3rd inning off Correa 0 on, 2 out); White (17,5th inning off Correa 0 on, 0 out).  SH–McDowell (2,off Leibrandt).  SB–Smith (20,2nd base off Correa/Slaught); Wilson (26,2nd base off Correa/Slaught); Biancalana (3,2nd base off Correa/Slaught).  CS–Kingery (3,2nd base by Correa/Slaught).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–2:33.  A–35,273.
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