Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
June 21, 1983 Box Score

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

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Oakland Athletics 2, Kansas City Royals 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 1 0
Davis rf 4 1 1 0
Almon ss 4 0 1 1
  Phillips pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Lopes 2b 3 0 0 1
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 1 0
Heath dh 3 0 0 0
  Hancock ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Gross 1b 4 0 0 0
Kearney c 3 0 2 0
  Page pr 0 0 0 0
  Cias c 0 0 0 0
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
  Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 1 0
Washington ss 4 1 0 0
White 2b 4 0 2 1
McRae dh 4 1 2 0
Aikens 1b 4 0 0 0
  Simpson 1b 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 1 1 0
Geronimo rf 3 0 1 1
Pastornicky 3b 3 1 1 2
  Pryor 3b 1 0 0 0
Slaught c 3 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Oakland 000 100 010281
Kansas City 020 100 01x480
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  L (1-2) 7.0 6 4 3 0 1
  Baker   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
3
1
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (5-2) 7.0 6 2 2 0 4
  Quisenberry  SV (18) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
4

  E–Gross (6).  2B–Oakland Kearney (8,off Splittorff).  3B–Oakland Davis (2,off Splittorff).  HR–Kansas City Pastornicky (2,2nd inning off McCatty 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Lopes (6,off Splittorff).  HBP–Geronimo (1,by McCatty).  IBB–Otis (1,by Burgmeier).  SB–Henderson 2 (30,2nd base off Quisenberry/Slaught,3rd base off Quisenberry/Slaught); Wilson (32,2nd base off McCatty/Kearney); Washington (15,2nd base off Baker/Cias); White (8,2nd base off Baker/Cias).  HBP–McCatty (1,Geronimo).  IBB–Burgmeier (5,Otis).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:37.  A–17,848.
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