Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
April 30, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1983 at Royals Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 5, Kansas City Royals 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 4 0 1 1
  Bannister lf 1 0 1 1
Manning cf 5 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0
Thornton dh 3 1 2 0
Tabler 3b 4 0 1 0
Hassey c 4 1 1 0
Vukovich rf 3 1 0 0
Fischlin 2b 3 0 0 1
Franco ss 4 2 3 2
Sutcliffe p 0 0 0 0
  Heaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf,cf 5 1 2 0
Washington ss 4 0 1 0
White 2b 3 0 1 1
McRae dh 4 0 1 0
Aikens 1b 2 0 0 0
  Slaught ph,c 1 0 1 0
Geronimo rf 3 0 1 0
  Roberts ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Simpson cf 3 0 1 0
  Concepcion ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Pryor 3b,1b 4 0 1 0
Wathan c,rf 4 0 1 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Castro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 11 1
Cleveland 030 100 0015100
Kansas City 000 000 1001111
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  W (3-1) 7.0 9 1 1 2 3
  Heaton  SV (1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
1
1
2
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  L (1-2) 4.0 6 4 3 2 1
  Castro   5.0 4 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
3
2

  E–Wathan (4).  DP–Cleveland 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Cleveland Bannister (3,off Castro), Kansas City Wathan (2,off Sutcliffe); Wilson (5,off Sutcliffe); White (7,off Sutcliffe).  HR–Cleveland Franco (2,4th inning off Renko 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Fischlin (1,off Renko).  SH–White (2,off Sutcliffe).  IBB–Aikens (3,by Sutcliffe).  SB–Dilone (2,2nd base off Renko/Wathan); Franco (4,2nd base off Castro/Slaught); Wilson (12,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Hassey).  WP–Sutcliffe (1).  IBB–Sutcliffe (1,Aikens).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:47.  A–20,873.
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