Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 23, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 23, 1985 at Busch Stadium II. 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

Kansas City Royals 0, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 4 0 0 0
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
Brett 3b 4 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0
Motley rf 4 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 2 0 1 0
Biancalana ss 2 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
  Concepcion ss 0 0 0 0
Black p 1 0 0 0
  Wathan ph 1 0 0 0
  Beckwith p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 1 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee cf 3 1 2 1
Smith ss 2 0 0 0
Herr 2b 3 0 1 0
Clark 1b 3 0 1 0
Landrum lf 4 1 1 1
Cedeno rf 3 0 0 0
  Van Slyke rf 0 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 3 1 1 0
Nieto c 1 0 0 1
Tudor p 3 0 0 0
Totals 25 3 6 3
Kansas City 000 000 000051
St. Louis 011 010 00x360
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Black  L (0-1) 5.0 4 3 3 3 3
  Beckwith   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Quisenberry   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
5
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  W (2-0) 9.0 5 0 0 1 8
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
8

  E–Black (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Jones (1,off Tudor), St. Louis Herr (1,off Beckwith).  3B–St. Louis Pendleton (1,off Black).  HR–St. Louis Landrum (1,2nd inning off Black 0 on, 1 out); McGee (1,3rd inning off Black 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Nieto (1,off Black); Smith (1,off Quisenberry).  IBB–McGee (1,by Black); Herr (1,by Quisenberry).  CS–Smith (1,2nd base by Black/Sundberg).  WP–Quisenberry (1).  IBB–Black (2,McGee); Quisenberry (2,Herr).  U–Bob Engel (NL), John Shulock (AL), Jim Quick (NL), Don Denkinger (AL), Jim McKean (AL), Bill Williams (NL).  T–2:19.  A–53,634.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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