Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
May 14, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1983 at Royals Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 11, Kansas City Royals 10

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 0 3 2
Cabell 1b 6 1 2 1
Herndon lf 6 2 4 0
Parrish c 5 0 0 1
Wilson rf 5 1 2 1
Wockenfuss dh 5 2 2 1
Lemon cf 3 2 1 0
Brookens 3b 4 1 1 0
Trammell ss 3 2 3 3
Rucker p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 11 18 9
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 1 1
Wathan 1b,c 4 2 0 0
Brett 3b,rf 4 3 2 1
McRae dh 5 1 2 2
White 2b 5 2 2 5
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Roberts rf 3 0 0 0
  Concepcion 3b 1 0 0 0
Slaught c 2 1 1 0
  Simpson 1b 1 0 0 0
Washington ss 2 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Castro p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 9 9
Detroit 005 123 00011181
Kansas City 250 201 0001093
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rucker   1.2 4 6 6 4 3
  Berenguer   2.0 2 3 3 2 3
  Rozema  W (1-0) 2.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Lopez  SV (3) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
10
10
6
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   2.2 6 5 4 1 1
  Castro   1.2 4 3 3 2 1
  Hood  L (0-1) 4.2 8 3 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
18
11
7
3
2

  E–Trammell (2), Brett 2 (7), Castro (1).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Detroit Wilson (4,off Splittorff); Brookens (3,off Splittorff); Trammell (6,off Castro), Kansas City McRae (8,off Rucker).  3B–Detroit Wilson (5,off Splittorff).  HR–Kansas City Wilson (1,1st inning off Rucker 0 on, 0 out); White 2 (3,2nd inning off Berenguer 2 on, 2 out,4th inning off Berenguer 1 on, 2 out); Brett (9,6th inning off Rozema 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Parrish (5,off Splittorff); Whitaker (3,off Hood).  HBP–Lemon 2 (6,by Castro,by Hood).  SH–Washington (3,off Rozema).  SB–Whitaker (5,3rd base off Castro/Slaught); Washington (7,2nd base off Berenguer/Parrish); Wathan (4,2nd base off Berenguer/Parrish).  CS–Cabell (1,2nd base by Hood/Wathan).  HBP–Castro (4,Lemon); Hood (2,Lemon).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:39.  A–20,278.
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