Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
May 28, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1979 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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

Baltimore Orioles 4, Kansas City Royals 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 7 0 2 0
Dauer 3b 7 0 1 0
Singleton rf 4 2 2 1
  Harlow pr,rf 2 0 0 0
  Lowenstein rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 7 1 2 1
Kelly dh 5 0 2 1
  Ayala ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Roenicke lf 4 1 1 1
Smith 2b 2 0 1 0
  May ph 0 0 0 0
  Belanger pr,ss 2 0 0 0
Garcia ss,2b 6 0 0 0
Skaggs c 3 0 0 0
  Dempsey ph,c 3 0 0 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 54 4 11 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf,lf 7 1 3 0
Braun lf 4 1 2 0
  Otis cf 3 0 0 0
Brett 3b 7 3 5 4
Porter c 5 0 1 1
LaCock 1b 6 0 2 0
Poquette rf 4 0 2 0
  Patek pr 0 0 0 0
  Zdeb rf 3 0 0 0
Hurdle dh 3 0 0 0
  Terrell ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  McRae ph,dh 3 0 2 0
Washington 2b 6 0 2 0
Cruz ss 7 0 0 0
Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 59 5 19 5
Baltimore 010 200 001 000 000 04113
Kansas City 002 000 020 000 000 15190
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   9.0 10 4 4 1 4
  Stanhouse   3.0 4 0 0 3 1
  Stoddard   3.0 4 0 0 2 2
  Stewart  L (2-2) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
15.0
19
5
5
6
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin   8.1 8 4 4 2 2
  Hrabosky   3.2 2 0 0 3 1
  Gura  W (2-5) 4.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
16.0
11
4
4
5
6

  E–Dauer (9), Murray (4), D Martinez (2).  DP–Baltimore 3, Kansas City 3.  PB–Porter (3).  2B–Baltimore Smith (4,off Pattin); Kelly (2,off Pattin), Kansas City LaCock (10,off D Martinez); Brett (14,off Stoddard).  3B–Baltimore Murray (1,off Pattin), Kansas City Brett (7,off D Martinez).  HR–Baltimore Roenicke (8,2nd inning off Pattin 0 on, 2 out); Singleton (11,9th inning off Pattin 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Brett 2 (6,8th inning off D Martinez 1 on, 1 out,16th inning off Stewart 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Roenicke (3,by Hrabosky); Singleton (3,by Hrabosky); Brett (7,by Stanhouse); LaCock (4,by Stanhouse); Porter (3,by Stoddard).  SF–Porter (4,off D Martinez).  SB–Bumbry (10,2nd base off Hrabosky/Porter); Wilson (19,2nd base off Stanhouse/Dempsey); LaCock (1,2nd base off Stoddard/Dempsey).  CS–Bumbry (4,2nd base by Hrabosky/Porter); Wilson (4,2nd base by D Martinez/Skaggs).  IBB–Stanhouse 2 (6,Brett,LaCock); Stoddard (2,Porter); Hrabosky 2 (4,Roenicke,Singleton).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–4:58.  A–34,677.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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