Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
August 4, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1984 at Tiger Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 9, Detroit Tigers 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Sheridan rf 5 1 3 2
Brett 3b 5 0 0 1
  Pryor 3b 0 0 0 0
Orta dh 3 0 2 1
  McRae ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Iorg 1b 4 2 2 0
  Wathan 1b 0 0 0 0
Motley lf 4 2 1 1
White 2b 5 1 1 0
Slaught c 4 1 3 2
Concepcion ss 4 1 2 2
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Beckwith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 15 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0
Trammell dh 4 1 0 0
Gibson rf 5 2 3 2
Parrish c 5 0 1 0
Jones lf 5 1 2 3
Lemon cf 4 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 3 0 1 0
Johnson 3b,ss 1 0 0 0
Brookens ss 2 1 0 0
  Evans ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 7 5
Kansas City 200 004 3009151
Detroit 002 020 100570
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza   4.1 5 4 3 4 3
  Beckwith  W (4-2) 4.2 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
6
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott   5.1 8 4 4 0 1
  Bair  L (4-3) 0.1 2 2 2 2 0
  Monge   0.2 2 3 3 1 1
  Lopez   1.2 3 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
15
9
9
4
5

  E–Iorg (2).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Kansas City Sheridan (17,off Abbott); Iorg (10,off Monge); Slaught (17,off Lopez).  3B–Detroit Gibson 2 (8,off Gubicza,off Beckwith).  HR–Detroit Jones (7,5th inning off Gubicza 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Gibson (20,2nd base off Gubicza/Slaught).  WP–Abbott (1).  T–2:57.  A–41,714.
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