Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
August 16, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1983 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Royals 18

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 0
  Brookens 2b 1 0 1 0
Trammell ss 5 1 2 2
Cabell dh 4 2 3 1
  Leach ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Parrish c 3 0 1 1
  Laga ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Herndon lf 3 0 1 0
  Gibson ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Wockenfuss 1b,c 4 1 2 1
Wilson rf 5 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 1 2 2
  Jones cf 1 1 1 0
Castillo 3b 2 0 0 0
  Krenchicki ph,3b 3 0 0 0
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Gumpert p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 7 16 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 6 2 3 2
  Roberts lf 0 0 0 0
Sheridan lf,rf,cf 6 3 4 3
Brett 3b 3 1 0 1
  Geronimo lf,rf 1 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 2 2 2
Aikens 1b 2 0 1 1
  Simpson pr,1b 0 2 0 0
Otis rf 5 2 2 5
  Pryor 3b 0 0 0 0
White 2b 5 2 2 0
Wathan c 5 2 2 2
Concepcion ss 4 2 3 1
Black p 0 0 0 0
  Armstrong p 0 0 0 0
  Huismann p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 18 19 17
Detroit 021 210 0017163
Kansas City 250 000 92x18191
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema  L (8-3) 1.1 6 5 5 1 0
  Martin   0.1 1 2 2 2 0
  Gumpert   4.1 4 0 0 1 0
  Bailey   0.2 5 8 4 1 1
  Bair   1.1 3 3 3 0 2
Totals
8.0
19
18
14
5
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Black   3.2 8 5 5 2 0
  Armstrong   1.0 2 1 1 3 1
  Huismann  W (1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Quisenberry  SV (33) 3.0 5 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
16
7
7
5
5

  E–Trammell (11), Bailey 2 (3), Concepcion (7).  DP–Detroit 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Detroit Leach (12,off Quisenberry); Trammell (23,off Quisenberry), Kansas City Sheridan 2 (11,off Rozema,off Martin); Wathan (15,off Rozema); White (24,off Bailey).  3B–Detroit Parrish (3,off Black), Kansas City Wilson (6,off Bailey).  HR–Detroit Lemon (16,2nd inning off Black 1 on, 1 out); Trammell (10,4th inning off Black 0 on, 2 out), Kansas City McRae (11,7th inning off Bailey 0 on, 2 out); Otis (4,7th inning off Bair 1 on, 2 out); Sheridan (7,8th inning off Bair 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Concepcion (4,off Rozema).  HBP–Aikens (2,by Bailey).  IBB–McRae (5,by Martin); Brett (12,by Gumpert).  SB–Wilson (46,2nd base off Gumpert/Parrish).  HBP–Bailey (2,Aikens).  IBB–Martin (1,McRae); Gumpert (2,Brett).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:31.  A–27,929.
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