Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
May 20, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1983 at Royals Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City Royals 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 5 1 1 0
Fisk c 5 0 2 1
Baines rf 4 1 2 1
Luzinski dh 5 1 1 2
Paciorek 1b 4 1 1 1
  Squires 1b 1 0 0 0
Kittle lf 4 2 1 1
Gray 3b 4 2 2 0
Kuntz cf 2 0 2 0
  Law ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Dybzinski ss 3 1 2 2
  Walker ph 0 0 0 1
  Fletcher ss 0 0 0 0
Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Barojas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 14 9
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 1 0
Wathan c 4 0 0 0
Brett 1b 3 2 2 2
McRae dh 4 1 1 1
White 2b 4 1 2 1
Otis cf 4 0 0 1
Roberts rf 2 0 0 0
  Sheridan ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Concepcion 3b 3 0 0 0
  Simpson ph 1 0 0 0
Washington ss 4 0 1 1
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Armstrong p 0 0 0 0
  Castro p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
Chicago 110 231 0109140
Kansas City 010 220 001680
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Burns  W (1-2) 5.0 6 5 5 1 4
  Barojas  SV (2) 4.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
2
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (0-3) 4.1 8 6 6 1 6
  Armstrong   2.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Castro   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Quisenberry   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
1
7

  E–None.  PB–Fisk (6).  2B–Chicago Bernazard (13,off Blue); Kuntz (1,off Blue); Dybzinski (2,off Armstrong); Fisk (5,off Armstrong); Gray (3,off Castro).  3B–Kansas City White (3,off Burns); McRae (1,off Burns).  HR–Chicago Paciorek (3,2nd inning off Blue 0 on, 0 out); Luzinski (3,5th inning off Blue 1 on, 1 out); Kittle (7,5th inning off Armstrong 0 on, 2 out), Kansas City Brett (10,5th inning off Burns 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Baines (2,off Blue); Walker (2,off Castro).  SB–Dybzinski (2,2nd base off Blue/Wathan); White 2 (4,2nd base off Burns/Fisk,3rd base off Burns/Fisk); Wilson (15,2nd base off Burns/Fisk).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:54.  A–20,027.
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