Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
September 16, 1983 Box Score

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

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 5, Kansas City Royals 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 2 1 0
Heath c,rf 5 0 2 2
Murphy dh 4 0 0 0
Lopes cf,2b 4 1 0 0
Davis rf,cf 5 0 2 1
Meyer 1b 2 1 2 1
  Almon ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Page ph 1 0 0 0
Hill ss 1 0 0 0
  Hancock ph,rf 2 1 2 0
  Kearney ph,c 1 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 0 0
Phillips 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Codiroli p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 9 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 2 1 0
Washington ss 2 0 0 1
Sheridan rf 4 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 2 4 0
Aikens 1b 3 1 1 2
  Simpson pr,1b 0 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
Davis lf 3 0 0 1
Slaught c 4 1 1 0
Concepcion 3b 3 0 1 0
Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 8 4
Oakland 200 003 000595
Kansas City 101 012 01x682
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Codiroli   5.0 7 5 3 2 1
  Atherton  L (2-3) 3.0 1 1 1 4 2
Totals
8.0
8
6
4
6
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Perry   6.0 8 5 2 4 5
  Gura  W (11-17) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Quisenberry  SV (40) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
2
5
6

  E–Heath 2 (11), Kearney (7), Phillips 2 (29), Wilson (10), Concepcion (12).  DP–Oakland 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Oakland Heath (16,off Perry).  3B–Kansas City McRae (5,off Atherton).  HR–Kansas City Aikens (18,6th inning off Codiroli 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Davis (1,off Atherton).  IBB–Aikens (9,by Atherton); White (3,by Atherton).  SB–Henderson (102,2nd base off Perry/Slaught); Wilson 2 (51,2nd base off Codiroli/Heath 2); Washington (37,2nd base off Atherton/Kearney).  CS–Concepcion (3,2nd base by Atherton/Kearney).  IBB–Atherton 2 (4,Aikens,White).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–3:02.  A–20,951.
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