Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
September 23, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1986 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins 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 2, Minnesota Twins 9

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 2 0
  Pryor ss 1 1 0 0
Law lf 4 0 1 0
  Jones lf 1 0 1 0
Kingery rf,cf 5 0 4 1
Orta dh 5 0 1 1
Quirk 3b 5 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Seitzer 1b 4 0 1 0
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
  Bell c 1 0 0 0
Biancalana ss 2 0 1 0
  Jackson ph,rf 1 1 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Cone p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 2 12 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Davidson lf 4 1 1 0
Bush rf 5 1 2 1
Puckett cf 4 2 1 1
Hrbek 1b 5 2 2 0
Gaetti 3b 5 2 3 6
Smalley dh 2 0 0 0
Reed c 4 0 2 1
Gagne ss 3 1 1 0
  Espinoza ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 2 0 0 0
  Washington ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 12 9
Kansas City 000 000 1012121
Minnesota 311 103 00x9121
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  L (8-13) 1.2 5 4 4 1 1
  Cone   2.1 4 2 2 2 4
  Black   3.0 3 3 0 2 2
  Quisenberry   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
9
6
5
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson  W (11-14) 9.0 12 2 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
12
2
1
1
7

  E–Biancalana (14), Espinoza (4).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Biancalana (4,off Smithson); Quirk (10,off Smithson), Minnesota Hrbek (26,off Cone).  HR–Minnesota Gaetti 2 (33,1st inning off Leonard 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off Black 2 on, 2 out).  SB–Davidson (2,2nd base off Leonard/Sundberg).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:50.  A–7,714.
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