Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
May 15, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 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 6, Kansas City Royals 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 6 1 2 0
Trammell ss 2 1 1 0
Herndon lf 4 0 1 3
Parrish dh,c 5 0 0 0
Wilson rf 5 2 2 0
Wockenfuss 1b 3 0 1 1
  Cabell pr,1b,3b 1 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 1 0 0
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gibson ph 1 0 0 0
  Leach 1b 1 0 1 1
Butera c 3 1 1 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 0 0 0 1
  Rozema p 0 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 9 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 2 3 0
Wathan c 5 0 2 0
Brett 3b 4 0 1 1
McRae dh 4 0 0 1
White 2b 5 0 1 1
Otis cf 5 0 0 0
Sheridan rf 4 1 1 1
Simpson 1b 5 0 0 0
Washington ss 3 1 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 8 4
Detroit 101 000 100 12691
Kansas City 000 002 001 10481
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox   9.0 6 3 3 4 3
  Lopez  W (2-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Rozema  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
8
4
4
4
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Blue   6.0 4 3 3 2 2
  Quisenberry   4.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Renko  L (2-3) 0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Hood   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
9
6
6
4
3

  E–Butera (1), Hood (2).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Detroit Wilson 2 (6,off Blue,off Renko); Trammell (7,off Quisenberry); Whitaker (5,off Quisenberry), Kansas City Wilson 2 (7,off Wilcox 2).  3B–Kansas City Wilson (3,off Lopez).  HR–Kansas City Sheridan (1,9th inning off Wilcox 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Trammell (5,off Blue); Cabell (1,off Renko); Jones (1,off Hood).  SF–Herndon (1,off Blue).  IBB–Brett (4,by Wilcox).  SB–Trammell (2,2nd base off Blue/Wathan); Wathan (5,2nd base off Wilcox/Butera).  WP–Wilcox (3).  BK–Blue (1).  IBB–Wilcox (2,Brett).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:20.  A–24,259.
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