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Royals 4 @ Athletics 8
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
October 2, 1983

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals, played on October 2, 1983 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium. The home team Athletics beat the visiting Royals with a score of 8 to 4.

Game Summary

DateOctober 2, 1983 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 4 H: 12 E: 4 LOB: 6
Runs: 4
Hits: 12
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 8 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 8
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherMark Smith  
Losing PitcherDon Hood  
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Game Winning RBILuis Quinones 

Game Info

DateOctober 2, 1983 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamOakland Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherKeith Creel  
Home Starting PitcherEd Farmer  
BallparkOakland-Alameda County Stadium 
CityOakland 
StateCA 
Attendance23,699 
Time of Game2 hours 33 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Dan Morrison
1B: Marty Springstead
2B: Durwood Merrill
3B: Jim McKean

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Butch Davis  Left Fielder 
Pat Sheridan  Center Fielder 
Don Slaught  Catcher 
Willie Aikens  DH 
Darryl Motley  Right Fielder 
Ron Johnson  First Baseman 
Onix Concepcion  Second Baseman 
Greg Pryor  Third Baseman 
Buddy Biancalana  Shortstop 
Dick Howser  Manager 

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rickey Henderson  Left Fielder 
Rick Peters  Center Fielder 
Davey Lopes  Second Baseman 
Jeff Burroughs  DH 
Mike Heath  Catcher 
Mike Davis  Right Fielder 
Bill Almon  Third Baseman 
Dan Meyer  First Baseman 
Tony Phillips  Shortstop 
Steve Boros  Manager 

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Royals 4 @ Athletics 8
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
October 2, 1983

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 10/2/1983 -- Kansas City at Oakland (D)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Oakland            AB  R  H RBI
Davis B, lf           5  2  3  1   Henderson R, lf       4  3  2  1   
Sheridan P, cf        3  0  1  0   Peters R, cf          4  2  1  1   
Slaught D, c          4  0  2  2   Lopes D, 2b           1  0  0  0   
Aikens W, dh          4  0  0  0   Gross W, 3b           3  0  1  2   
Motley D, rf          4  0  1  0   Burroughs J, dh       3  0  1  0   
Johnson R, 1b         4  0  0  0   McNealy R, pr         0  1  0  0   
Concepcion O, 2b      4  0  1  0   Quinones L, ph        2  0  1  1   
Pryor G, 3b           4  1  2  0   Heath M, c            2  0  0  0   
Biancalana B, ss      4  1  2  0   Kearney B, c          1  0  0  0   
                                   Davis M, rf           3  1  1  2   
                                   Almon B, 3b-2b        4  0  1  1   
                                   Hill D, ss            0  0  0  0   
                                   Meyer D, 1b           4  0  2  0   
                                   Phillips T, ss-2b     3  1  2  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  4 12  3                        34  8 12  8

Kansas City      101 020 000 --  4
Oakland          100 111 22x --  8

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Creel K               6.0  8  4  4  3  2
Hood D (L)            1.0  2  2  0  1  1
Rasmussen E           1.0  2  2  2  1  0

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Farmer E              4.0  6  2  2  0  3
Young C               2.0  2  2  1  1  3
Smith M (W)           1.0  1  0  0  0  2
Bradley B             1.0  2  0  0  0  0
Atherton K            1.0  1  0  0  0  0

E -- Almon B, Davis B, Biancalana B 2, Slaught D
DP -- Kansas City 1, Oakland 3
LOB -- Kansas City 6, Oakland 8
2B -- Meyer D, Quinones L, Gross W
HR -- Davis B, Henderson R
SB -- Sheridan P, Davis M, Henderson R, Biancalana B
CS -- Slaught D
SF -- Peters R
WP -- Bradley B
T -- 2:33
A -- 23699

    

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