Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
June 8, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1982 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Kansas City Royals 9, Minnesota Twins 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 1 0
Wathan c 5 2 4 1
Brett 3b 4 2 1 0
Otis cf 4 2 2 4
McRae dh 4 0 1 1
Martin rf 5 0 1 2
May 1b 1 0 0 0
  Aikens ph,1b 3 1 1 1
White 2b 4 1 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 2 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Armstrong p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 14 9
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Washington ss 4 0 0 0
Ward rf 4 0 1 0
Brunansky cf 4 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 4 2 2 1
Vega dh 4 1 2 2
Hatcher lf 4 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 1
Castino 2b 4 0 1 0
Laudner c 2 0 0 0
O'Connor p 0 0 0 0
  Felton p 0 0 0 0
  Pacella p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Kansas City 200 030 2209140
Minnesota 030 000 010482
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  W (6-2) 8.0 8 4 4 1 7
  Armstrong   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
9
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
O'Connor  L (0-1) 5.0 7 5 4 3 5
  Felton   2.0 6 4 4 1 2
  Pacella   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
9
8
5
7

  E–Brunansky (3), Hrbek (5).  DP–Kansas City 1, Minnesota 1.  HR–Kansas City Otis (4,7th inning off Felton 1 on, 1 out); Aikens (1,8th inning off Felton 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Vega (3,2nd inning off Gura 1 on, 0 out); Gaetti (8,2nd inning off Gura 0 on, 1 out); Hrbek (13,8th inning off Gura 0 on, 2 out).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:23.  A–6,543.
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