Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
June 14, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 14, 1983 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 1, Minnesota Twins 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 2 0
Washington ss 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 1 1
McRae dh 4 0 1 0
Aikens 1b 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Pastornicky 3b 4 0 0 0
Geronimo rf 4 0 1 0
Wathan c 2 0 0 0
Creel p 0 0 0 0
  Blue p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 6 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Jimenez ss 4 1 1 1
Castino 2b 4 0 1 2
Ward lf 3 2 1 1
Bush dh 3 1 1 1
Hatcher 1b 3 1 1 0
Gaetti 3b 3 1 1 1
Mitchell cf 4 1 1 0
Brunansky rf 2 1 0 0
Smith c 3 0 0 1
Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 8 7 7
Kansas City 100 000 000160
Minnesota 011 500 10x871
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Creel  L (0-2) 3.1 4 7 7 6 0
  Blue   4.2 3 1 1 0 6
Totals
8.0
7
8
8
6
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  W (3-7) 9.0 6 1 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
0
1
5

  E–Jimenez (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Wilson (13,off Williams), Minnesota Bush (16,off Creel); Castino (16,off Blue).  3B–Minnesota Hatcher (3,off Creel).  HR–Minnesota Ward (11,7th inning off Blue 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Smith (1,off Creel).  SB–Wilson 2 (31,2nd base off Williams/Smith 2).  WP–Creel (1).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:26.  A–7,303.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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