Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
July 25, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 25, 1983 at Royals 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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Cleveland Indians 1, Kansas City Royals 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister rf 3 0 1 0
  McBride ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 1 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0
Thornton dh 4 0 0 0
Tabler lf 3 0 0 0
Franco ss 3 0 0 0
Thomas cf 3 1 1 1
Bando c 2 0 0 0
Fischlin 2b 3 0 0 0
Heaton p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Washington ss 5 1 1 1
Wathan 1b 4 2 3 0
Brett 3b 3 1 0 0
  Pryor 3b 0 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 0 2 1
Otis rf 4 0 1 2
  Simpson rf 0 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 3 1
Roberts lf 3 1 1 1
Slaught c 4 0 1 0
Sheridan cf 4 0 1 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 13 6
Cleveland 000 010 000141
Kansas City 120 000 30x6130
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Heaton  L (5-4) 6.1 11 6 6 3 4
  Anderson   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
3
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (9-3) 6.0 4 1 1 3 2
  Quisenberry  SV (25) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
4

  E–Franco (20).  DP–Cleveland 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City McRae (31,off Heaton); Roberts (4,off Heaton); White 2 (21,off Heaton,off Anderson).  HR–Cleveland Thomas (14,5th inning off Splittorff 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Roberts (1,by Heaton); Brett (9,by Heaton).  SB–Franco (18,2nd base off Splittorff/Slaught); Wathan 3 (21,2nd base off Heaton/Bando 3); Washington (25,3rd base off Heaton/Bando).  CS–Sheridan (2,2nd base by Heaton/Bando).  IBB–Heaton 2 (7,Roberts,Brett).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:37.  A–37,652.
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