Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
July 20, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1976 at Royals Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals 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)
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Baltimore Orioles 10, Kansas City Royals 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Singleton lf 3 1 0 0
Grich 2b 4 2 2 5
  Nordbrook 2b 0 0 0 0
Jackson rf 5 1 1 2
May 1b 5 2 2 2
Muser cf 2 0 1 0
  Blair ph,cf 3 0 1 0
Crowley dh 2 0 0 0
  Mora ph,dh 3 1 1 0
Belanger ss 3 1 2 0
DeCinces 3b 5 1 1 0
Dempsey c 4 1 1 1
Garland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 12 10
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 2b 4 1 2 0
Otis cf 3 1 2 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 2
Cowens rf 4 0 0 0
Quirk dh 4 1 1 1
Poquette lf 4 0 0 0
Martinez c 4 0 1 0
White ss 4 0 0 0
Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Baltimore 004 040 01110121
Kansas City 111 000 000370
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Garland  W (12-1) 9.0 7 3 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
2
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bird  L (9-3) 4.1 6 6 6 1 2
  Gura   3.1 5 3 3 3 1
  Hall   1.1 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
10
10
5
4

  E–Dempsey (2).  3B–Baltimore Grich (3,off Bird).  HR–Baltimore Grich (9,3rd inning off Bird 2 on, 1 out); R Jackson (13,5th inning off Gura 1 on, 1 out); L May 2 (17,5th inning off Gura 0 on, 1 out,9th inning off Hall 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Quirk (1,2nd inning off Garland 0 on, 0 out).  SB–D Nelson (10,2nd base off Garland/Dempsey); Otis (18,2nd base off Garland/Dempsey).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:29.  A–16,145.
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