Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners
September 20, 1986 Box Score

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

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Kansas City Royals 0, Seattle Mariners 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Law lf 4 0 0 0
Seitzer 1b 4 0 0 0
Smith dh 3 0 0 0
Quirk c,3b 4 0 1 0
Kingery cf 3 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 0 0 0
Pecota 3b 2 0 0 0
  Orta ph 1 0 0 0
  Sundberg c 0 0 0 0
Biancalana ss 2 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
  Pryor ss 0 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Cone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 1 0
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Moses cf 4 0 0 0
Bradley P. lf 3 1 2 0
Davis 1b 4 1 1 0
Presley 3b 4 1 1 1
Phelps dh 3 0 1 1
Tartabull rf 3 0 0 0
Bradley S. c 3 0 1 0
Ramos ss 3 0 0 0
Reynolds 2b 3 0 1 0
Trujillo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 2
Kansas City 000 000 000011
Seattle 300 000 00x372
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  L (6-11) 4.0 5 3 2 0 4
  Cone   4.0 2 0 0 1 5
Totals
8.0
7
3
2
1
9
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Trujillo  W (3-0) 9.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
3

  E–Saberhagen (2), Davis (14), Presley (12).  2B–Seattle Presley (33,off Saberhagen).  SB–Reynolds (28,2nd base off Cone/Sundberg).  CS–P Bradley (12,2nd base by Saberhagen/Quirk).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–(none), 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:08.  A–10,899.
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