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Red Sox 6 @ Royals 5
Royals Stadium
August 4, 1985

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 4, 1985 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Red Sox with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 4, 1985 
Visiting Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 6 H: 16 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 6
Hits: 16
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 5 H: 16 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 16
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherBob Stanley  
Losing PitcherMike LaCoss  
SaveMark Clear  
Game Winning RBIBill Buckner 

Game Info

DateAugust 4, 1985 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Red Sox 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherOil Can Boyd  
Home Starting PitcherCharlie Leibrandt  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance31,020 
Time of Game3 hours 48 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Dale Ford
1B: Ken Kaiser
2B: Mark Johnson
3B: Rocky Roe

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dwight Evans  Right Fielder 
Wade Boggs  Third Baseman 
Bill Buckner  First Baseman 
Jim Rice  Left Fielder 
Tony Armas  DH 
Rich Gedman  Catcher 
Marty Barrett  Second Baseman 
Steve Lyons  Center Fielder 
Jackie Gutierrez  Shortstop 
John McNamara  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Wilson  Center Fielder 
Lonnie Smith  Left Fielder 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Hal McRae  DH 
Frank White  Second Baseman 
Steve Balboni  First Baseman 
Pat Sheridan  Right Fielder 
Jim Sundberg  Catcher 
Onix Concepcion  Shortstop 
Dick Howser  Manager 

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Red Sox 6 @ Royals 5
Royals Stadium
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         Game of 8/4/1985 -- Boston at Kansas City (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Evans D, rf           4  2  1  0   Wilson W, cf          6  1  2  1   
Boggs W, 3b           6  1  4  0   Smith L, lf           4  1  2  0   
Buckner B, 1b         6  2  3  3   Jones L, lf           2  0  1  0   
Rice J, lf            6  0  2  1   Brett G, 3b           6  2  2  1   
Armas T, dh           6  0  2  1   McRae H, dh           6  0  1  0   
Stapleton D, pr       0  0  0  0   White F, 2b           6  0  4  3   
Gedman R, c           6  0  2  0   Balboni S, 1b         6  0  0  0   
Barrett M, 2b         5  0  0  0   Sheridan P, rf        4  1  2  0   
Lyons S, cf           4  0  1  0   Motley D, ph-rf       1  0  0  0   
Gutierrez J, ss       3  0  0  0   Sundberg J, c         4  0  2  0   
Easler M, ph          1  1  1  1   Concepcion O, ss      2  0  0  0   
Jurak E, ss           1  0  0  0   Iorg D, ph            1  0  0  0   
                                   Scranton J, ss        0  0  0  0   
                                   Orta J, ph            1  0  0  0   
                                   Pryor G, ss           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     48  6 16  6                        50  5 16  5

Boston           002 000 001 003 --  6
Kansas City      000 002 100 002 --  5

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Boyd O                8.0 10  3  3  0  2
Stanley B (W)         3.2  6  2  2  0  1
Clear M (S)           0.1  0  0  0  0  1

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Leibrandt C*          7.0  9  2  2  2  3
Quisenberry D         4.0  2  1  1  1  1
LaCoss M (L)+         0.0  5  3  3  0  0
Beckwith J            1.0  0  0  0  0  2
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
  + Pitched to 5 batters in 12th

E -- Gedman R
DP -- Kansas City 2
LOB -- Boston 10, Kansas City 10
2B -- Boggs W, White F 2, Wilson W, Rice J 2, Evans D, Buckner B, Brett G
HR -- Easler M
SB -- Smith L, Sheridan P, Buckner B, Lyons S
CS -- Sundberg J
SH -- Barrett M, Sundberg J
WP -- Clear M
Balk -- Boyd O
T -- 3:48
A -- 31020

    

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