Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 20, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1984 at Royals Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 3, Kansas City Royals 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Sample lf,cf 3 1 0 0
O'Brien 1b 4 1 1 0
Ward rf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 2 2
Jones dh 4 0 0 0
Wright cf 2 0 0 0
  Rivers ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Yost c 4 0 0 0
Richardt 2b 3 0 0 0
Wilkerson ss 3 1 1 0
Mason p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 4 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 1 1 0
Motley rf 4 1 1 0
Brett 3b 4 0 2 0
McRae dh 2 0 0 2
Roberts lf 3 0 1 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 0 0
Slaught c 4 0 1 0
Concepcion 2b,ss 2 0 0 0
Washington ss 2 0 0 0
  White ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Texas 200 000 100340
Kansas City 100 001 000263
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Mason  W (2-2) 9.0 6 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  L (1-3) 8.0 4 3 1 2 3
  Quisenberry   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
3
1
2
3

  E–Washington 2 (4), Saberhagen (1).  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Texas Bell (9,off Saberhagen).  SF–McRae 2 (4,off Mason 2).  HBP–Concepcion (2,by Mason).  SB–Wilkerson (4,2nd base off Saberhagen/Slaught); Sample (4,2nd base off Saberhagen/Slaught); Concepcion (5,2nd base off Mason/Yost).  HBP–Mason (1,Concepcion).  T–2:21.  A–23,118.
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