Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
May 21, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1983 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 8

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Law cf 5 0 2 0
Bernazard 2b 4 1 1 0
Baines rf 4 1 2 1
Luzinski dh 4 1 1 3
Paciorek 1b 4 0 0 0
Kittle lf 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Gray 3b 2 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 1 0
Dybzinski ss 2 0 0 0
  Hairston ph 1 1 1 0
  Fletcher ss 0 0 0 0
  Squires ph 1 0 1 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 1 3 1
Washington ss 5 0 1 0
Brett 1b 3 1 0 0
McRae dh 5 2 2 2
White 2b 3 1 1 1
Otis cf 4 1 3 1
Roberts rf 2 0 1 1
  Sheridan ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Concepcion 3b 4 0 0 0
Wathan c 4 1 2 1
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 14 8
Chicago 200 000 020493
Kansas City 013 130 00x8140
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (2-5) 4.0 8 6 5 2 4
  Lamp   4.0 6 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
8
7
3
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  W (3-3) 7.1 7 4 4 1 4
  Quisenberry   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
5

  E–Bernazard (3), Baines (1), Dybzinski (7).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Hairston (1,off Renko); Squires (2,off Quisenberry), Kansas City Roberts (2,off Bannister); McRae 2 (10,off Bannister 2); White (9,off Lamp); Sheridan (1,off Lamp); Washington (2,off Lamp).  HR–Chicago Luzinski (4,1st inning off Renko 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Brett (5,by Lamp).  SB–R Law 2 (14,2nd base off Renko/Wathan 2); Wilson (16,2nd base off Bannister/Fisk); Wathan (8,2nd base off Lamp/Fisk).  IBB–Lamp (3,Brett).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:52.  A–28,792.
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