Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
September 3, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 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
Boston cf 5 0 1 1
Lyons lf 4 0 1 0
  Hairston 1b 0 0 0 0
Baines dh 4 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 1 0
Hulett 2b 3 0 1 0
Morman 1b 4 0 2 0
  Cangelosi pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Guillen ss 3 0 1 0
Cochrane 3b 3 1 1 0
Williams rf 4 0 0 0
Cowley p 0 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kingery cf 4 0 1 0
  Bell c 0 0 0 0
Seitzer lf,3b 5 1 2 1
Orta dh 3 0 0 0
  McRae ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 1 1
  Jones pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Quirk 3b,1b 3 0 0 0
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 2 0
  White ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Sundberg c 1 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Biancalana ss 1 0 0 0
  Law ph 1 0 0 0
  Salazar ss 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 0
  Pryor ss 0 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Chicago 000 010 000 0180
Kansas City 000 000 001 1280
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Cowley   8.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Searage   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Nelson  L (5-6) 1.0 3 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.1
8
2
2
3
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard   7.0 6 1 1 1 2
  Black  W (5-7) 3.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
8
1
1
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Chicago Cochrane (1,off Leonard), Kansas City Balboni (25,off Nelson).  SH–Guillen (4,off Black); Pryor (2,off Nelson).  IBB–Cochrane (1,by Black); Quirk (2,by Nelson).  SB–Kingery (4,2nd base off Cowley/Hassey); Wilson (28,3rd base off Nelson/Hassey).  WP–Leonard (5).  IBB–Nelson (4,Quirk); Black (4,Cochrane).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:03.  A–18,022.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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