Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
October 1, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 1, 1983 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Kansas City Royals 7, Oakland Athletics 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 2 2 1
Davis lf 5 0 2 2
Brett 1b 4 0 2 1
  Simpson pr,1b 0 0 0 0
McRae dh 5 0 1 1
White 2b 5 0 1 0
Motley rf 5 0 2 0
Wathan c 4 1 2 0
Washington ss 3 2 1 0
Pryor 3b 3 1 1 0
  Sheridan ph 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 1 2
  Concepcion pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
  Armstrong p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 15 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Peters cf 5 1 1 0
Phillips ss,2b 5 0 2 0
Heath rf,c 5 1 3 2
Burroughs dh 2 0 1 0
  McNealy pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Lopes ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Almon 3b,2b 3 0 1 0
  Hudgens ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Hancock 1b,lf 3 0 1 0
Kearney c 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph,rf 1 1 1 1
Page lf 4 0 0 0
  Hill ss 0 0 0 0
Quinones 2b 2 0 0 0
  Meyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Gross 3b 1 0 1 0
Heimueller p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Beard p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
Kansas City 003 000 0047150
Oakland 001 001 0103111
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   5.0 7 2 2 1 2
  Hood   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Armstrong  W (10-7) 3.0 4 1 1 1 1
  Quisenberry  SV (45) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
2
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Heimueller   2.1 7 3 3 0 2
  Jones  L (1-1) 5.2 4 2 2 0 2
  Underwood   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Beard   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Young   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Atherton   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
1
6

  E–Kearney (8).  2B–Kansas City White (35,off Jones); Wathan (18,off Jones); Roberts (7,off Underwood).  HR–Oakland Heath (6,6th inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out); Davis (8,8th inning off Armstrong 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Washington (7,off Jones); Hancock (3,off Hood).  IBB–Davis (1,by Armstrong).  SB–Wilson 2 (59,3rd base off Heimueller/Kearney,2nd base off Beard/Heath); Davis 2 (4,2nd base off Jones/Kearney,2nd base off Young/Heath); Wathan (28,2nd base off Jones/Kearney).  CS–Motley (1,2nd base by Heimueller/Kearney).  IBB–Armstrong (3,Davis).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:01.  A–11,346.
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