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Tigers 6 @ Royals 4
Royals Stadium
May 15, 1983

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 15, 1983 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 6 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 15, 1983 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 6 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 4 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherAurelio Lopez  
Losing PitcherSteve Renko  
SaveDave Rozema  
Game Winning RBIRick Leach 

Game Info

DateMay 15, 1983 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherMilt Wilcox  
Home Starting PitcherVida Blue  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance24,259 
Time of Game3 hours 20 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Drew Coble
1B: John Shulock
2B: Derryl Cousins
3B: Don Denkinger

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lou Whitaker  Second Baseman 
Alan Trammell  Shortstop 
Larry Herndon  Left Fielder 
Lance Parrish  DH 
Glenn Wilson  Right Fielder 
John Wockenfuss  First Baseman 
Chet Lemon  Center Fielder 
Tom Brookens  Third Baseman 
Sal Butera  Catcher 
Sparky Anderson  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Wilson  Left Fielder 
John Wathan  Catcher 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Hal McRae  DH 
Frank White  Second Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Pat Sheridan  Right Fielder 
Joe Simpson  First Baseman 
U L Washington  Shortstop 
Dick Howser  Manager 

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Tigers 6 @ Royals 4
Royals Stadium
May 15, 1983

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/15/1983 -- Detroit at Kansas City (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Whitaker L, 2b        6  1  2  0   Wilson W, lf          5  2  3  0   
Trammell A, ss        2  1  1  0   Wathan J, c           5  0  2  0   
Herndon L, lf         4  0  1  3   Brett G, 3b           4  0  1  1   
Parrish L, dh-c       5  0  0  0   McRae H, dh           4  0  0  1   
Wilson G, rf          5  2  2  0   White F, 2b           5  0  1  1   
Wockenfuss J, 1b      3  0  1  1   Otis A, cf            5  0  0  0   
Cabell E, pr-1b-3b    1  0  0  0   Sheridan P, rf        4  1  1  1   
Lemon C, cf           3  1  0  0   Simpson J, 1b         5  0  0  0   
Brookens T, 3b        3  0  0  0   Washington U, ss      3  1  0  0   
Gibson K, ph          1  0  0  0                                      
Leach R, 1b           1  0  1  1                                      
Butera S, c           3  1  1  0                                      
Johnson H, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Lopez A, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Grubb J, ph           0  0  0  0                                      
Jones L, ph           0  0  0  1                                      
Rozema D, p           0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  6  9  6                        40  4  8  4

Detroit          101 000 100 12 --  6
Kansas City      000 002 001 10 --  4

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wilcox M              9.0  6  3  3  4  3
Lopez A (W)           1.0  2  1  1  0  0
Rozema D (S)          1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Blue V*               6.0  4  3  3  2  2
Quisenberry D         4.0  3  1  1  1  1
Renko S (L)           0.1  2  2  2  1  0
Hood D                0.2  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th

E -- Butera S, Hood D
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Detroit 7, Kansas City 7
2B -- Wilson W 2, Wilson G 2, Trammell A, Whitaker L
3B -- Wilson W
HR -- Sheridan P
SB -- Trammell A, Wathan J
SH -- Trammell A, Cabell E, Jones L
SF -- Herndon L
WP -- Wilcox M
Balk -- Blue V
T -- 3:20
A -- 24259

    

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