California Angels vs Kansas City Royals
September 30, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 8, Kansas City Royals 4

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 2 1 1
White lf 5 2 0 1
Howell 3b 3 1 2 1
Joyner 1b 2 0 1 3
Jackson dh 5 0 1 2
Ryal rf 5 1 2 0
Wilfong 2b 4 1 1 0
Narron c 4 1 3 0
Schofield ss 4 0 0 0
Chadwick p 0 0 0 0
  Finley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Law lf 3 1 0 0
  Wilson ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Kingery cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Seitzer 1b 2 1 1 0
Brett dh 4 1 1 1
Quirk c,3b 3 0 0 0
  Pryor ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0
Jackson rf 3 1 1 2
Pecota 3b,ss 4 0 0 0
Biancalana ss 2 0 2 1
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Bell c 0 0 0 0
  Sundberg ph 1 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Bankhead p 0 0 0 0
  Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Cone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
California 101 005 0108112
Kansas City 300 100 000471
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Chadwick   3.1 5 4 1 2 0
  Finley  W (3-1) 5.2 2 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
7
4
1
3
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen   5.0 7 2 2 1 5
  Bankhead  L (8-9) 0.1 2 4 4 2 0
  Shields   2.2 1 2 1 3 1
  Cone   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
7
8
6

  E–Joyner (15), Ryal (1), Seitzer (2).  DP–California 1.  2B–California Pettis (22,off Saberhagen); Howell (14,off Saberhagen).  3B–California Narron (1,off Saberhagen).  SF–Joyner 2 (12,off Saberhagen,off Shields); Howell (2,off Shields).  IBB–Joyner (8,by Shields); Pettis (2,by Cone).  SB–Pettis (48,3rd base off Saberhagen/Quirk); White (4,2nd base off Shields/Bell); B Jackson (3,2nd base off Chadwick/Narron).  WP–Shields (1), Cone (3).  IBB–Shields (1,Joyner); Cone (1,Pettis).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:59.  A–18,107.
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