Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
July 26, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1987 at Memorial Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, Baltimore Orioles 0

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 5 2 4 2
Pecota 3b 5 0 2 0
Brett 1b 3 0 2 1
Eisenreich dh 4 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 3 1 1 0
Jackson cf 4 0 0 0
Salazar ss 4 0 1 1
Owen c 4 1 1 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 12 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins dh 4 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 4 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 0 0 0
Knight 3b 1 0 0 0
Young lf 3 0 0 0
Sheets rf 3 0 0 0
Rayford c 3 0 0 0
Gerhart cf 3 0 1 0
Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 2 0
Kansas City 001 011 0014120
Baltimore 000 000 000020
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  W (10-8) 9.0 2 0 0 3 7
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
3
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dixon  L (3-8) 6.0 10 3 3 1 6
  Corbett   3.0 2 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
10

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2, Baltimore 3.  2B–Kansas City Tartabull (12,off Dixon); Owen (5,off Corbett).  HR–Kansas City Smith (1,3rd inning off Dixon 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Brett (5,by Corbett).  SB–Tartabull (3,2nd base off Dixon/Rayford); Smith (1,2nd base off Corbett/Rayford).  IBB–Corbett (3,Brett).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:37.  A–28,478.
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