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Kansas City Royals @ Texas Rangers

1984-08-18 · Night game · Arlington Stadium · Att: 23351 · 2:35

Kansas City Royals defeated Texas Rangers 5–4. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 9th. Buddy Black earned the win and Mark Huismann picked up the save. Buddy Biancalana went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	5	7
TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	9

W: Buddy Black L: Danny Darwin SV: Mark Huismann

Umpires — HP: Rocky Roe · 1B: Ken Kaiser · 2B: Dale Ford · 3B: Larry Barnett · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Willie Wilson	4	0	0	0	1	1
Pat Sheridan	4	0	1	1	1	1
George Brett	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jorge Orta	4	0	1	0	0	1
Darryl Motley	4	0	0	0	0	2
Steve Balboni	2	0	0	0	2	2
Frank White	4	1	1	0	0	2
Don Slaught	4	1	1	1	0	2
Buddy Biancalana	4	2	2	2	0	1

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Billy Sample	5	0	0	0	0
Gary Ward	4	0	0	0	1
Buddy Bell	4	0	1	0	0
Larry Parrish	4	1	2	0	1
Pete O'Brien	4	1	2	1	0
George Wright	3	1	2	1	0
Ned Yost	4	0	0	0	1
Jeff Kunkel	4	1	1	1	1
Wayne Tolleson	2	0	0	0	0
Alan Bannister	1	0	0	0	1
Bob Jones	1	0	1	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buddy Black	8.2	8	0	5
Mark Huismann	0.1	1	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Darwin	4.0	4	2	5
Dave Stewart	5.0	3	2	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Willie Wilson: W
Pat Sheridan: 8
George Brett: S.1-2
Jorge Orta: 7
Darryl Motley: 2/FL

Bot 1

Billy Sample: 63
Gary Ward: 9
Buddy Bell: 8

Top 2

Steve Balboni: K
Frank White: 43
Don Slaught: K

Bot 2

Larry Parrish: S
Pete O'Brien: S.1-2
George Wright: C/E2.2-3;1-2
Ned Yost: K
Jeff Kunkel: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Wayne Tolleson: 1

Top 3

Buddy Biancalana: 43
Willie Wilson: 53
Pat Sheridan: S
George Brett: K

Bot 3

Billy Sample: 8
Gary Ward: 9
Buddy Bell: D
Larry Parrish: K

Top 4

Jorge Orta: 31
Darryl Motley: K
Steve Balboni: W
Frank White: K

Bot 4

Pete O'Brien: 43
George Wright: S
Ned Yost: 16(1)/FO
Jeff Kunkel: 13

Top 5

Don Slaught: D
Buddy Biancalana: S3/BG3S.2-3
Willie Wilson: 7
Pat Sheridan: E4.3-H(RBI);1-2
George Brett: WP.2-3;1-2
George Brett: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Jorge Orta: K

Bot 5

Wayne Tolleson: 53
Billy Sample: 53
Gary Ward: K

Top 6

Darryl Motley: K
Steve Balboni: K
Frank White: K

Bot 6

Buddy Bell: 53
Larry Parrish: 5
Pete O'Brien: 5/FL

Top 7

Don Slaught: K23
Buddy Biancalana: K
Willie Wilson: 8

Bot 7

George Wright: HR
Ned Yost: 9
Jeff Kunkel: K
Alan Bannister: K

Top 8

Pat Sheridan: K
George Brett: 9
Jorge Orta: S
Darryl Motley: 8

Bot 8

Billy Sample: 7
Gary Ward: 9
Buddy Bell: 63

Top 9

Steve Balboni: W
Frank White: S.1-3
Don Slaught: 63.3-H;1-2
Buddy Biancalana: HR.2-H
Willie Wilson: K
Pat Sheridan: W
George Brett: 13

Bot 9

Larry Parrish: D
Pete O'Brien: D.2-H
George Wright: 6
Ned Yost: 7
Jeff Kunkel: D.2-H
Bob Jones: S.2-H
Billy Sample: 7

Notes & reviews

Pitcher Darwin ejected by 1B umpire Kaiser for arguing that Biancalana was out at 1st; bunt was fielded by 1bman as Darwin covered 1st and batter was called safe; Darwin bumped Kaiser during the argument

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