Milwaukee Brewers vs Kansas City Royals
August 31, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 1, Kansas City Royals 6

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 3b 4 0 0 0
Yount cf 4 1 3 0
Manning rf 3 0 1 0
Oglivie dh 3 0 1 1
Thomas 1b 4 0 0 0
Riles ss 3 0 1 0
  Sveum ph 1 0 0 0
Braggs lf 4 0 0 0
Gantner 2b 3 0 1 0
Cerone c 3 0 0 0
Wegman p 0 0 0 0
  Bosio p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 5 2 4 1
  Jones lf 0 0 0 0
Kingery cf 5 1 3 0
Orta dh 5 0 2 1
Balboni 1b 4 1 3 2
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Quirk 3b 4 0 1 1
Sundberg c 4 1 2 0
Motley rf 4 0 1 0
Biancalana ss 4 1 1 0
Bankhead p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 17 5
Milwaukee 000 001 000171
Kansas City 101 001 21x6170
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Wegman  L (4-10) 6.0 10 3 3 0 4
  Bosio   2.0 7 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
17
6
6
0
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bankhead  W (8-7) 8.0 6 1 1 1 4
  Black   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
5

  E–Thomas (1).  DP–Milwaukee 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Milwaukee Riles (17,off Bankhead); Yount 2 (27,off Bankhead 2), Kansas City Smith (16,off Wegman); Orta (14,off Bosio); Balboni (23,off Bosio); Sundberg (8,off Bosio).  3B–Kansas City Balboni (1,off Wegman).  SF–Oglivie (5,off Bankhead).  CS–Smith (8,2nd base by Wegman/Cerone).  BK–Wegman (2).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:25.  A–39,428.
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