Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
October 2, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1984 at Royals Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 8, Kansas City Royals 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 2 1 0
  Brookens 2b 0 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 2 3 3
  Baker ss 0 0 0 0
Gibson rf 5 0 2 0
Parrish c 4 1 1 2
Herndon lf 3 1 1 1
  Jones ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Kuntz ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Garbey dh 5 1 2 0
Lemon cf 5 0 0 0
Evans 1b 4 0 2 1
  Bergman pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Castillo 3b 4 0 2 1
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 14 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
Sheridan rf 2 0 0 0
  Jones L. ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
Orta dh 4 1 1 0
Motley lf 4 0 0 1
Balboni 1b 4 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 1 0
Slaught c 3 0 2 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0
Black p 0 0 0 0
  Huismann p 0 0 0 0
  Jones M. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Detroit 200 110 1218140
Kansas City 000 000 100151
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (1-0) 7.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Hernandez   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Black  L (0-1) 5.0 7 4 4 1 3
  Huismann   2.2 6 3 2 1 2
  Jones   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
7
2
5

  E–Sheridan (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Detroit Evans (1,off Huismann).  3B–Detroit Trammell (1,off Black), Kansas City Orta (1,off Morris).  HR–Detroit Herndon (1,4th inning off Black 0 on, 0 out); Trammell (1,5th inning off Black 0 on, 0 out); Parrish (1,9th inning off M Jones 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Parrish (1,off Black).  WP–Huismann (1).  U–Bill Deegan, Joe Bible, Randy Christal, Larry Zirbel, Mike O'Dell, Harold Jordan.  T–2:42.  A–41,973.
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