Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
September 29, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 1984 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 2, Oakland Athletics 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Washington ss 4 1 1 0
Jones cf 4 0 1 0
Sheridan rf 3 0 1 0
  Pujols c 1 0 1 1
Balboni dh 4 1 1 1
Iorg 1b,rf 3 0 2 0
Leeper lf 3 0 0 0
Pryor 3b 3 0 0 0
Wathan c,1b 3 0 0 0
Biancalana 2b 3 0 0 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Beckwith p 0 0 0 0
  Huismann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 2 2 1 0
  Almon ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Lansford 3b 4 0 3 1
Murphy cf 4 0 1 1
Kingman dh 2 0 0 0
  Burroughs ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Meyer ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 3 1 2 0
Davis rf 4 0 2 0
Tettleton c 3 3 2 0
Hill ss 2 0 1 1
  Heath ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner ss 0 0 0 0
  Hancock ph 1 0 0 0
  Kiefer ss 0 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 4 0 1 2
Codiroli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 14 6
Kansas City 000 010 001270
Oakland 110 012 01x6140
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen  L (10-11) 3.0 5 2 2 1 2
  Gura   3.0 4 3 3 3 1
  Beckwith   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Huismann   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
6
6
4
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Codiroli  W (6-4) 9.0 7 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
0
3

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Lansford 2 (31,off Saberhagen,off Gura); Phillips (24,off Gura); Tettleton (2,off Huismann).  3B–Oakland Tettleton (1,off Saberhagen).  HR–Kansas City Balboni (28,5th inning off Codiroli 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Lansford (9,off Saberhagen); Murphy (7,off Gura).  CS–Sheridan (6,2nd base by Codiroli/Tettleton); Davis (9,2nd base by Saberhagen/Wathan); Hill (1,2nd base by Saberhagen/Wathan).  SB–Henderson 2 (66,2nd base off Saberhagen/Wathan,3rd base off Saberhagen/Wathan).  WP–Huismann (3).  T–2:22.  A–13,223.
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