Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
October 2, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1982 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 4, Kansas City Royals 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 1 0 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Lopes 2b 5 2 3 1
Burroughs dh 5 0 1 1
Armas rf 4 1 1 2
Klutts 3b 1 0 0 0
  Gross ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Moore 1b 2 0 1 0
  Davis ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Newman c 3 0 0 0
  Page ph 1 0 0 0
  Heath c 0 0 0 0
Sexton ss 4 0 1 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Beard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 2 2 0
Washington ss 4 0 3 1
Brett 3b 4 0 1 1
McRae dh 4 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 2 1 1 0
  Rivera pr 0 1 0 0
  Pryor 1b 0 0 0 0
White 2b 1 1 0 0
Martin rf 3 0 0 0
Wathan c 4 0 3 2
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 1
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Armstrong p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 10 5
Oakland 000 200 200491
Kansas City 100 110 02x5100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough   6.0 8 3 3 3 3
  Underwood  L (10-6) 1.1 1 2 1 0 0
  Beard   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
4
3
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Blue   4.0 4 2 2 7 5
  Armstrong   2.0 0 0 0 0 4
  Quisenberry  W (9-7) 3.0 5 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
7
10

  E–Davis (5).  DP–Oakland 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Oakland Lopes 2 (19,off Blue,off Quisenberry), Kansas City Washington (19,off Keough).  3B–Oakland Moore (1,off Blue), Kansas City Wilson (15,off Keough).  HR–Oakland Armas (28,7th inning off Quisenberry 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Armas (5,by Blue); Aikens (7,by Keough).  SH–White 2 (7,off Keough,off Underwood); Martin (2,off Underwood).  SF–Geronimo (4,off Beard).  SB–Lopes (28,2nd base off Blue/Wathan); Henderson 3 (130,2nd base off Blue/Wathan 2,3rd base off Blue/Wathan); Washington (23,2nd base off Keough/Newman); Wilson (37,2nd base off Keough/Newman); Brett (6,2nd base off Keough/Newman).  WP–Keough 2 (10).  IBB–Keough (1,Aikens); Blue (3,Armas).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:50.  A–23,787.
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