Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
September 21, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1984 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 4, Kansas City Royals 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 1 1 0
Lansford 3b 5 1 2 1
Murphy cf 4 0 1 1
Kingman dh 3 0 0 0
Heath rf 4 0 1 1
Almon 1b 3 1 1 0
  Bochte ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Tettleton c 4 0 0 0
Kiefer ss 3 0 2 1
  Meyer ph 1 0 1 0
Phillips 2b 4 1 1 0
Warren p 0 0 0 0
  Conroy p 0 0 0 0
  Sorensen p 0 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 2 1 0
Sheridan rf 3 1 2 1
  Jones ph,rf 0 1 0 0
Brett 3b 4 1 2 4
  Pryor 3b 0 0 0 0
Orta dh 2 0 0 0
  McRae ph,dh 2 0 1 1
Motley lf 4 0 1 0
Balboni 1b 4 1 1 1
  Wathan 1b 0 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Slaught c 3 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 3 1 0 0
Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Wills p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 7
Oakland 012 000 1004101
Kansas City 000 002 50x790
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Warren   5.1 4 2 2 1 8
  Conroy   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Sorensen  L (5-13) 1.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Leiper   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Atherton   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
2
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   2.1 6 3 3 2 1
  Wills  W (2-3) 4.2 3 1 1 1 2
  Quisenberry  SV (42) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
5

  E–Heath (8).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Meyer (3,off Quisenberry), Kansas City Sheridan (23,off Warren).  3B–Oakland Kiefer (2,off Leibrandt).  HR–Kansas City Balboni (27,7th inning off Sorensen 0 on, 0 out); Brett (12,7th inning off Leiper 3 on, 2 out).  IBB–Kingman (8,by Leibrandt).  SB–Almon (5,2nd base off Leibrandt/Slaught); Henderson (59,2nd base off Wills/Slaught); Wilson (44,2nd base off Leiper/Tettleton).  CS–Henderson (17,2nd base by Leibrandt/Slaught); Kiefer (1,2nd base by Wills/Slaught).  IBB–Leibrandt (2,Kingman).  T–2:53.  A–23,053.
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