Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
July 15, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1983 at Cleveland Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 10, Cleveland Indians 0

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 2 2 1
  Simpson cf 0 0 0 0
Wathan c 4 1 2 1
Brett 3b 5 1 2 4
McRae dh 5 2 2 1
Aikens 1b 4 0 1 0
Otis rf 4 1 1 0
  Roberts lf 1 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
  Pryor 2b 1 0 1 1
Sheridan lf,rf 5 2 2 1
Concepcion ss 5 1 2 1
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Creel p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 10 15 10
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 2 0 1 0
  Fischlin 3b 1 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 3 0 0 0
  Perkins 1b 1 0 0 0
Tabler lf 3 0 0 0
Velez dh 2 0 0 0
Thomas cf 2 0 0 0
  Vukovich rf 2 0 0 0
Franco ss 3 0 0 0
Hassey c 0 0 0 0
  Essian c 3 0 0 0
Eichelberger p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 2 0
Kansas City 410 310 00110151
Cleveland 000 000 000021
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (7-3) 7.0 1 0 0 3 3
  Creel   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hood   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
4
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Eichelberger  L (3-9) 1.1 5 5 5 2 0
  Reed   3.2 6 4 3 0 2
  Spillner   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Easterly   2.0 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
15
10
9
3
4

  E–Aikens (8), Reed (1).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Kansas City Concepcion (3,off Reed); Otis (9,off Reed); Brett (23,off Spillner); McRae (27,off Easterly), Cleveland Harrah (7,off Splittorff).  HR–Kansas City Brett (16,1st inning off Eichelberger 2 on, 0 out); McRae (5,1st inning off Eichelberger 0 on, 0 out).  WP–Easterly (1).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:39.  A–10,169.
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