Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
August 21, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1984 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 1, Boston Red Sox 11

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
  Jones L. cf 0 0 0 0
Sheridan rf 4 0 0 0
Iorg 3b 4 1 3 0
  Dent 3b 0 0 0 0
Orta dh 4 0 2 1
Motley lf 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 3 0 0 0
Slaught c 3 0 0 0
  Wathan c 0 0 0 0
Biancalana ss 3 0 1 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Jones M. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 3 2 0
Evans rf 4 2 2 2
  Miller cf 1 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 1 2 4
  Nichols lf 0 0 0 0
Armas cf,rf 4 1 2 3
Easler dh 5 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
  Jurak 1b 0 0 0 0
Newman c 4 1 2 0
Barrett 2b 2 2 1 0
Gutierrez ss 3 1 2 2
  Hoffman ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 13 11
Kansas City 100 000 000170
Boston 230 006 00x11130
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  L (7-6) 5.0 9 7 7 3 3
  Saberhagen   2.0 3 4 4 1 2
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
13
11
11
5
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (8-4) 9.0 7 1 1 0 15
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
15

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1.  PB–Slaught (2).  2B–Kansas City Iorg (13,off Clemens); Orta (17,off Clemens), Boston Evans 2 (30,off Leibrandt,off Saberhagen); Barrett (16,off Leibrandt).  HR–Boston Rice (23,1st inning off Leibrandt 1 on, 1 out); Armas (34,6th inning off Saberhagen 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Boggs (5,by Saberhagen).  IBB–Saberhagen (4,Boggs).  T–2:30.  A–21,143.
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