Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
May 25, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1986 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 1, Kansas City Royals 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 6 0 0 0
Tolleson 3b 6 0 1 0
Baines rf 6 0 0 0
Walker 1b 7 0 2 0
Fisk dh 5 0 0 0
Kittle lf 3 0 1 0
  Nichols pr,lf 0 1 0 0
  Bonilla ph,lf 4 0 0 0
Hulett 2b 2 0 1 0
  Hairston ph 0 0 0 0
  Cruz 2b 2 0 1 0
Guillen ss 5 0 0 1
Skinner c 4 0 2 0
  Cowley pr 0 0 0 0
  Hill c 2 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  McKeon p 0 0 0 0
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 1 8 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 7 0 1 0
Orta dh 6 0 2 0
Law lf 7 0 0 0
Brett 3b 7 0 1 0
White 2b 7 0 1 0
Quirk c,1b 7 1 2 0
Balboni 1b 5 1 1 1
  Smith pr 0 0 0 0
  Pryor ss 2 0 2 0
Motley rf 6 0 1 0
Salazar ss 2 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
  Biancalana ss 1 0 1 0
  Sundberg ph,c 1 0 0 1
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Bankhead p 0 0 0 0
Totals 59 2 12 2
Chicago 000 000 010 000 000 00182
Kansas City 000 000 010 000 000 012120
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   9.0 4 1 1 1 8
  Nelson   4.0 3 0 0 1 2
  McKeon   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Dawley  L (0-3) 2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
16.2
12
2
2
3
11
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard   9.0 3 1 1 2 7
  Quisenberry   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Black   2.2 1 0 0 0 4
  Bankhead  W (1-0) 4.0 2 0 0 1 5
Totals
17.0
8
1
1
4
17

  E–Tolleson (8), Guillen (10).  DP–Chicago 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Chicago Hulett (6,off Leonard); Kittle (6,off Leonard); Walker (6,off Bankhead), Kansas City Motley (8,off Nelson); Quirk (3,off Dawley).  3B–Chicago Walker (2,off Quisenberry).  HR–Kansas City Balboni (6,8th inning off Davis 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Cangelosi (2,off Leonard); Hulett (3,off Leonard).  SF–Guillen (1,off Leonard); Sundberg (2,off Dawley).  HBP–Fisk (4,by Quisenberry).  IBB–Hairston (1,by Quisenberry); Fisk (2,by Bankhead); Motley (1,by Dawley).  CS–Tolleson (4,2nd base by Leonard/Quirk); Walker (2,Home by Quisenberry/Quirk); Orta (1,2nd base by Davis/Skinner); Motley (1,3rd base by Nelson/Hill); Quirk (1,2nd base by McKeon/Hill).  HBP–Quisenberry (2,Fisk).  IBB–Dawley (1,Motley); Quisenberry (3,Hairston); Bankhead (1,Fisk).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–4:53.  A–40,201.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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