Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
July 20, 1984 Box Score

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

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Baltimore Orioles 3, Kansas City Royals 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Ford rf 5 0 3 1
Rayford 3b 5 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 2 0
Murray 1b 5 0 1 0
Roenicke lf 2 0 0 0
  Singleton ph 1 0 0 0
Ayala dh 3 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Shelby cf 4 1 0 0
Dauer 2b 2 2 1 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Sakata 2b 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 0 2 1
Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 9 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 2 0
Sheridan rf 5 1 2 0
Brett 3b 3 0 1 1
  Biancalana 2b 0 0 0 0
Orta dh 3 0 0 0
  McRae ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Motley lf 4 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 0 0
Slaught c 4 3 4 0
Pryor 2b,3b 3 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 2 3
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 12 4
Baltimore 010 020 000390
Kansas City 011 001 01x4122
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez D.   6.0 9 3 3 0 5
  Martinez T.  L (4-6) 2.0 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
12
4
4
1
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   5.0 8 3 0 4 3
  Saberhagen  W (4-8) 3.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Quisenberry  SV (25) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
0
5
5

  E–Brett 2 (7).  2B–Baltimore Murray (12,off Leibrandt); Ripken (20,off Leibrandt), Kansas City Brett (13,off D Martinez); Slaught (13,off D Martinez); Wilson (10,off T Martinez).  3B–Kansas City Slaught (3,off T Martinez).  SH–Biancalana (2,off T Martinez).  SF–Concepcion (2,off T Martinez).  HBP–Pryor (2,by D Martinez).  IBB–McRae (2,by T Martinez).  SB–Roenicke (1,2nd base off Saberhagen/Slaught); Wilson (21,2nd base off D Martinez/Dempsey).  HBP–D Martinez (4,Pryor).  IBB–T Martinez (9,McRae).  T–3:15.  A–28,707.
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