Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
September 11, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1983 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 3, Minnesota Twins 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Washington ss 4 0 1 0
Sheridan rf 4 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 1 1 0
Aikens 1b 4 1 1 2
  Simpson 1b 0 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 2 0
Davis lf 3 1 1 1
Wathan c 2 0 0 0
Concepcion 3b 2 0 0 0
Wills p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf 4 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 4 0 1 0
Ward lf 3 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 4 0 0 0
Hatcher rf 4 0 1 0
Bush dh 2 1 1 0
  Engle ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 2 0 1 0
Laudner c 3 0 0 0
Gagne ss 3 0 1 1
Pettibone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Kansas City 010 000 002361
Minnesota 000 010 000151
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Wills   5.0 3 1 1 1 4
  Jackson  W (1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 1 5
  Quisenberry  SV (38) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
9
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Pettibone  L (0-1) 9.0 6 3 3 2 4
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
4

  E–Concepcion (10), Gagne (2).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City White (29,off Pettibone).  HR–Kansas City Davis (1,2nd inning off Pettibone 0 on, 2 out); Aikens (17,9th inning off Pettibone 1 on, 2 out).  SB–Wilson (48,2nd base off Pettibone/Laudner); Concepcion (7,2nd base off Pettibone/Laudner).  CS–Wathan (7,2nd base by Pettibone/Laudner).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:09.  A–4,820.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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