St. Louis Cardinals vs Kansas City Royals
October 20, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 20, 1985 at Royals Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 4, Kansas City Royals 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee cf 4 1 1 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 1 1 1
Landrum lf 4 1 2 0
Cedeno rf 3 1 0 0
  Lahti p 0 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 2 3
Porter c 3 0 0 0
Cox p 2 0 0 0
  Harper ph 1 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Van Slyke ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 4 0 2 0
  Jones lf 0 0 0 0
Wilson cf 4 1 2 0
Brett 3b 4 1 1 1
White 2b 3 0 3 1
Sheridan rf 4 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 1 0
Biancalana ss 1 0 0 0
  Orta ph 1 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 2 0 0 0
  Motley rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 9 2
St. Louis 000 000 004460
Kansas City 000 200 000290
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox   7.0 7 2 2 3 5
  Dayley  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lahti  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  L (0-1) 8.2 6 4 4 2 6
  Quisenberry   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
3
6

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 3.  2B–St. Louis McGee (2,off Leibrandt); Landrum (2,off Leibrandt); Pendleton (1,off Leibrandt), Kansas City Brett (1,off Cox); White 2 (2,off Cox,off Dayley).  IBB–Cedeno (1,by Leibrandt); Porter (1,by Quisenberry).  SH–Leibrandt (1,off Cox).  SB–White (1,2nd base off Cox/Porter); Wilson (1,2nd base off Cox/Porter).  IBB–Leibrandt (1,Cedeno); Quisenberry (1,Porter).  U–Bill Williams (NL), Jim McKean (AL), Bob Engel (NL), John Shulock (AL), Don Denkinger (AL), Jim Quick (NL).  T–2:44.  A–41,656.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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