Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 25, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1983 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 2, Kansas City Royals 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Sample lf 5 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 1 2 0
Parrish rf 4 0 1 2
Hostetler dh 3 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
  Biittner ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 1 0
  O'Brien ph 1 0 1 0
Wright cf 4 0 2 0
Dent ss 4 0 0 0
Tolleson 2b 3 1 0 0
Darwin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 2 0
Sheridan rf 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 1 1 1
McRae dh 4 0 2 0
Otis cf 4 1 1 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
Wathan c 2 1 0 0
Simpson 1b 3 1 1 2
Washington ss 3 0 0 0
Black p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 3
Texas 000 000 020291
Kansas City 101 000 30x570
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (3-4) 8.0 7 5 4 1 2
Totals
8.0
7
5
4
1
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Black  W (1-0) 7.2 6 2 2 2 3
  Quisenberry  SV (10) 1.1 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
3

  E–Parrish (3).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Texas Bell (12,off Black), Kansas City McRae (12,off Darwin); Wilson (9,off Darwin).  3B–Kansas City Simpson (1,off Darwin).  HR–Kansas City Brett (11,1st inning off Darwin 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Sample (12,2nd base off Black/Wathan); Wilson (18,2nd base off Darwin/Sundberg); Otis (3,2nd base off Darwin/Sundberg).  WP–Darwin (1).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:27.  A–22,604.
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