St. Louis Cardinals vs Kansas City Royals
October 26, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 26, 1985 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Cardinals 1, Kansas City Royals 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
McGee cf 4 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Landrum lf 4 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 4 1 1 0
Cedeno rf 2 0 1 0
  Van Slyke pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Porter c 3 0 1 0
Cox p 2 0 0 0
  Harper ph 1 0 1 1
  Lawless pr 0 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 4 0 1 0
Wilson cf 3 0 1 0
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Sheridan rf 3 0 1 0
  Motley ph 0 0 0 0
  Orta ph 1 0 1 0
Balboni 1b 3 0 2 0
  Concepcion pr 0 1 0 0
Sundberg c 4 1 1 0
Biancalana ss 3 0 1 0
  McRae ph 0 0 0 0
  Wathan pr 0 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 2 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 1 2
Totals 32 2 10 2
St. Louis 000 000 010150
Kansas City 000 000 0022100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox   7.0 7 0 0 1 8
  Dayley   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Worrell  L (0-1) 0.1 3 2 2 1 0
Totals 8.1 10 2 2 3 10
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   7.2 4 1 1 2 4
  Quisenberry  W (1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 5 1 1 2 5

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1, Kansas City 1.  PB–Porter (1).  2B–Kansas City Smith (2,off Cox).  SH–Leibrandt (2,off Cox).  IBB–McRae (1,by Worrell).  CS–White (1,2nd base by Cox/Porter).  IBB–Worrell (1,McRae).  U-HP–Jim Quick (NL), 1B–Don Denkinger (AL), 2B–Bill Williams (NL), 3B–Jim McKean (AL), LF–John Shulock (AL), RF–Bob Engel (NL).  T–2:47.  A–41,628.

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