Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
April 14, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1986 at Fenway Park. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox 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 8, Boston Red Sox 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Law lf 5 1 2 1
Wilson cf 5 1 3 1
Brett 3b 3 1 1 0
McRae dh 4 0 0 1
  Taylor pr,dh 1 1 0 0
White 2b 5 2 2 1
Balboni 1b 4 1 3 1
Motley rf 5 1 2 1
Sundberg c 5 0 1 1
Salazar ss 3 0 0 0
  Orta ph 1 0 0 0
  Biancalana ss 1 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 14 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 4 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 4 1 1 0
Buckner 1b 3 0 1 0
Rice lf 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 3 0 1 1
Armas cf 4 0 0 0
Gedman c 4 0 0 0
Barrett 2b 2 1 1 1
Romero ss 3 0 1 0
Boyd p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Kansas City 011 000 0608141
Boston 100 010 000251
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  W (1-0) 7.0 4 2 2 4 0
  Quisenberry   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
4
0
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boyd  L (0-1) 7.0 9 6 6 2 3
  Stanley   0.1 3 2 1 0 1
  Crawford   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
7
3
5

  E–Law (1), Romero (2).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Law (3,off Boyd); White (3,off Boyd), Boston Romero (2,off Leibrandt).  HR–Boston Barrett (1,5th inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Brett (2,by Crawford).  IBB–Crawford (2,Brett).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:44.  A–34,764.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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