Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
July 2, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1984 at Cleveland Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, Cleveland Indians 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 1 0
Sheridan rf 4 1 2 1
Brett 3b 4 0 1 1
  Pryor pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Orta dh 5 0 3 0
Motley lf 4 0 1 0
Balboni 1b 3 1 3 1
Wathan c 4 0 0 0
Biancalana 2b 4 1 1 0
Washington ss 4 0 1 1
Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Huismann p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 13 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 1 3 1
Franco ss 4 0 1 1
Hargrove 1b 3 0 0 0
Thornton dh 3 0 0 0
Castillo rf 4 0 0 0
Tabler lf 2 0 1 0
  Hall lf 2 0 2 0
Jacoby 3b 3 0 0 0
Willard c 4 1 1 1
Fischlin 2b 2 1 1 0
  Vukovich ph 1 0 0 0
  Bernazard 2b 0 0 0 0
  Perkins ph 1 0 0 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Kansas City 011 001 0014132
Cleveland 001 010 001390
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   4.1 5 2 2 3 1
  Huismann  W (1-2) 2.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Quisenberry  SV (22) 2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (2-1) 5.2 9 3 3 2 4
  Jeffcoat   3.1 4 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
2
6

  E–Wathan (4), Huismann (1).  DP–Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1.  2B–Kansas City Sheridan (13,off Smith); Balboni (12,off Smith); Brett (8,off Jeffcoat), Cleveland Butler 2 (14,off M Jones 2).  3B–Kansas City Wilson (3,off Smith), Cleveland Fischlin (2,off M Jones).  HR–Kansas City Balboni (12,2nd inning off Smith 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Willard (6,9th inning off Quisenberry 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Sheridan (2,off Smith).  IBB–Balboni (1,by Smith).  SH–Jacoby (2,off Huismann).  SB–Butler (25,3rd base off M Jones/Wathan); Franco (9,2nd base off M Jones/Wathan).  IBB–Smith (1,Balboni).  T–2:42.  A–9,987.
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