Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
August 23, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1983 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 2, Kansas City Royals 10

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Law R. cf 4 0 2 1
  Stegman cf 0 0 0 0
Fisk c 3 0 0 0
  Hill c 1 0 0 0
Baines rf 3 0 1 0
  Hairston rf 1 0 1 0
Luzinski dh 3 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 4 0 0 0
Walker 1b 4 1 1 0
Law V. 3b 3 0 0 0
  Squires 3b 1 0 0 0
Fletcher ss,2b 4 0 1 1
Cruz 2b 2 1 0 0
  Dybzinski ss 0 0 0 0
Koosman p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
  Barojas p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Washington ss 5 1 1 1
Wathan 1b 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 1 1 0
  Pryor 3b 1 0 0 0
McRae dh 5 1 2 1
Otis rf 2 2 2 1
  Sheridan pr,cf 1 0 0 0
White 2b 4 2 2 3
  Concepcion 2b 0 0 0 0
Roberts cf,rf 2 1 2 1
Slaught c 3 1 1 1
Davis lf 4 1 1 1
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Huismann p 0 0 0 0
  Armstrong p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 12 9
Chicago 010 010 000261
Kansas City 010 306 00x10120
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (9-6) 5.0 5 5 4 2 2
  Tidrow   0.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Hoffman   0.2 3 1 1 1 0
  Barojas   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Lamp   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
10
9
5
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  W (6-10) 5.0 5 2 2 1 3
  Huismann   3.0 1 0 0 1 4
  Armstrong   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
8

  E–Koosman (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Walker (14,off Renko); Fletcher (13,off Renko); Hairston (6,off Huismann), Kansas City McRae (36,off Koosman); Otis (15,off Koosman); White (25,off Koosman); Davis (1,off Tidrow).  HR–Kansas City White (8,6th inning off Tidrow 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Roberts (2,off Koosman).  HBP–Brett (1,by Koosman).  SB–R Law (58,2nd base off Renko/Slaught); Cruz (49,2nd base off Renko/Slaught).  HBP–Koosman (6,Brett).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:56.  A–18,767.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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