Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
October 3, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 3, 1982 at Royals Stadium. 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

Oakland Athletics 6, Kansas City Royals 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Bell 3b 5 1 2 0
Murphy ss 4 0 0 0
Lopes cf 3 0 0 0
  Langford cf,lf 1 0 0 0
  Brown rf 0 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 3 0 2 1
  Davis pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Armas dh 4 0 1 0
  Norris pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Heath rf,lf 4 1 2 0
Rudi 1b 2 2 2 2
  Moore 1b 2 0 0 0
McKay 2b 4 1 1 2
Kearney c 4 0 1 1
Conroy p 0 0 0 0
  Kingman p 0 0 0 0
  Hanna p 0 0 0 0
  Beard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Concepcion 2b 4 1 2 0
Pryor 3b 3 1 2 0
Wathan c 2 1 1 3
  Quirk ph,c 2 0 0 0
Martin dh 2 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Rivera lf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Hammond rf 3 0 0 0
Ryal cf 3 0 0 0
Biancalana ss 2 0 1 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
  Botelho p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Frost p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Oakland 120 200 0016110
Kansas City 003 000 000370
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Conroy   3.0 3 3 3 2 3
  Kingman  W (4-12) 3.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Hanna   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Beard  SV (11) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  L (18-12) 5.0 7 5 4 0 2
  Hood   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Botelho   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Black   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Frost   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
0
7

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Kansas City 1.  PB–Wathan (7).  2B–Oakland Rudi (6,off Gura); Burroughs (13,off Hood), Kansas City Pryor (10,off Conroy); Concepcion (9,off Conroy).  3B–Kansas City Biancalana (1,off Kingman).  HR–Oakland McKay (4,2nd inning off Gura 1 on, 1 out); Rudi (5,4th inning off Gura 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City Wathan (3,3rd inning off Conroy 2 on, 2 out).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:45.  A–24,488.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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