Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox
May 11, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1979 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 3, Chicago White Sox 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 2 0 0 0
  Cruz 3b,ss 1 1 0 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
Wathan 1b 3 1 0 0
  LaCock ph 1 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 0 0 0
Porter c 1 0 0 1
McRae dh 3 0 0 1
Zdeb lf 1 1 0 0
  Braun ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Patek ss 3 0 1 1
  Poquette ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Washington 2b 3 0 1 0
Wilson rf 2 0 1 0
  Hurdle ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Busby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 3 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr dh 4 1 1 2
Washington rf 4 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 2 0 0 0
  Squires 1b 0 0 0 0
Bannister 2b 3 1 2 0
Moore lf 2 1 0 0
Nahorodny c 3 1 1 2
Pryor 3b 3 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 2 1 0 0
Kravec p 0 0 0 0
  Scarbery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 4 4
Kansas City 010 020 000332
Chicago 030 020 00x540
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Busby  L (0-2) 8.0 4 5 5 3 1
Totals
8.0
4
5
5
3
1
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kravec  W (2-3) 6.2 2 3 3 8 4
  Scarbery  SV (1) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
3
3
8
5

  E–Brett (9), Cruz (1).  DP–Kansas City 2, Chicago 1.  2B–Kansas City Patek (4,off Kravec); Washington (3,off Scarbery).  3B–Chicago Bannister (3,off Busby).  HR–Chicago Nahorodny (3,2nd inning off Busby 1 on, 1 out); Garr (4,5th inning off Busby 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Porter (2,off Kravec); McRae (3,off Kravec).  HBP–Wilson (2,by Kravec); Cruz (1,by Kravec).  SB–Washington (1,2nd base off Kravec/Nahorodny).  WP–Scarbery (2).  HBP–Kravec 2 (6,Wilson,Cruz).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Woody Urchak, 2B–Bill Sprincz, 3B–Gary McAvoy.  T–2:19.  A–20,973.
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