Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
August 17, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1983 at Royals Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 10, Kansas City Royals 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 2 3 0
Trammell ss 4 1 1 0
Cabell dh 4 0 1 1
  Brookens pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Gibson ph,dh 1 1 1 1
Parrish c 5 2 2 2
Herndon lf 4 0 2 1
  Wilson pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Wockenfuss 1b 4 0 0 0
  Leach 1b 1 0 1 1
Lemon cf 5 0 0 0
Jones rf,lf 4 1 1 0
Castillo 3b 4 2 2 2
Petry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 14 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 2 1
Sheridan lf 5 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 1 3 2
McRae dh 2 0 2 0
Aikens 1b 3 0 1 0
  Simpson 1b 0 0 0 0
Otis rf 4 0 0 0
Wathan c 4 0 1 0
Washington ss 4 1 1 0
Concepcion 2b 4 1 1 1
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Huismann p 0 0 0 0
  Creel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
Detroit 002 100 03410140
Kansas City 020 020 0004112
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry  W (13-7) 9.0 11 4 4 3 5
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
3
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   7.0 7 4 4 0 0
  Huismann  L (1-1) 1.1 5 6 6 2 0
  Creel   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
2
0

  E–Brett (20), Simpson (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Detroit Cabell (19,off Huismann); Parrish (34,off Huismann); Whitaker (27,off Huismann), Kansas City Brett (31,off Petry); Washington (17,off Petry).  3B–Kansas City Concepcion (3,off Petry).  HR–Detroit Castillo (2,3rd inning off Splittorff 1 on, 0 out); Parrish (19,4th inning off Splittorff 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Brett (21,5th inning off Petry 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Herndon (6,by Huismann); Trammell (2,by Huismann); Aikens (6,by Petry).  SB–Jones (1,2nd base off Splittorff/Wathan); Wilson (47,2nd base off Petry/Parrish).  CS–Wilson (8,2nd base by Petry/Parrish).  WP–Petry 2 (8), Huismann 2 (2).  IBB–Petry (3,Aikens); Huismann 2 (2,Herndon,Trammell).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:01.  A–23,147.
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