Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
June 9, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1983 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher rf 5 0 1 0
Castino 2b 4 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 4 1 3 0
Bush dh 4 1 2 2
  Brown pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Ward lf 4 1 2 1
Gaetti 3b 3 1 0 0
Brunansky cf 3 1 0 0
Laudner c 3 0 1 1
  Engle ph 1 0 0 0
Gagne ss 2 0 0 1
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Lysander p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 3 0 0 0
Washington ss 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 1 0
McRae dh 3 2 3 1
  Concepcion pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Aikens 1b 3 1 1 0
  Simpson pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 2 2
Sheridan rf 3 1 0 1
Slaught c 3 0 0 1
Pryor 3b 3 0 3 1
Creel p 0 0 0 0
  Castro p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 10 6
Minnesota 300 200 000590
Kansas City 031 001 01x6100
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   6.0 7 5 5 3 0
  Lysander  L (1-6) 1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Davis   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
3
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Creel   3.0 6 5 5 2 0
  Castro  W (1-0) 5.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Quisenberry  SV (15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
2

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Pryor (3,off Williams); McRae (19,off Williams); Aikens (7,off Lysander).  3B–Kansas City Otis (2,off Williams).  HR–Minnesota Bush (4,1st inning off Creel 1 on, 2 out); Ward (10,1st inning off Creel 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Gagne (1,off Castro); Slaught (1,off Williams).  SH–Sheridan (1,off Davis).  SB–Wilson 2 (27,2nd base off Williams/Laudner 2).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:32.  A–26,869.
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