California Angels vs Kansas City Royals
September 20, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1983 at Royals Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 6, Kansas City Royals 4

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 3 3 0 0
Valentine rf 3 1 2 1
Beniquez lf 4 1 1 2
DeCinces 3b 1 0 1 2
  Adams pr,3b 3 0 1 0
Downing dh 4 0 0 0
Jackson 1b 4 1 0 0
Boone c 4 0 1 1
Lubratich 2b 3 0 0 0
Schofield ss 3 0 1 0
John p 0 0 0 0
  Witt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 7 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Washington ss 4 0 1 0
  Aikens ph 0 0 0 1
White 2b 5 0 1 0
McRae dh 4 0 1 1
Johnson 1b 4 0 2 0
Davis lf 4 2 1 0
Slaught c 4 1 2 1
Motley rf 4 0 1 1
Concepcion 3b 4 0 1 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Creel p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
California 310 001 001671
Kansas City 010 000 0124116
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (11-12) 8.1 11 4 4 1 1
  Witt  SV (5) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  L (11-8) 1.2 3 4 3 3 0
  Creel   5.1 4 1 0 1 1
  Hood   2.0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
3
4
1

  E–Schofield (5), Johnson (2), Slaught (11), Motley (1), Concepcion 2 (15), Hood (3).  DP–Kansas City 3.  2B–California DeCinces (18,off Splittorff).  3B–Kansas City Davis (3,off John).  SH–Lubratich (11,off Creel).  SF–Beniquez (1,off Splittorff); Valentine (4,off Hood); Aikens (1,off Witt).  SB–Pettis (3,2nd base off Splittorff/Slaught); Ron Jackson (2,2nd base off Creel/Slaught).  WP–John (10).  T–2:46.  A–15,003.
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