Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
May 29, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1979 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."

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Baltimore Orioles 8, Kansas City Royals 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 0 3 0
Belanger ss 3 1 1 0
Singleton rf 3 2 1 2
  Harlow pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 5 0 1 1
Roenicke lf 5 1 1 1
May dh 5 2 2 1
Dempsey c 5 1 3 0
Garcia 2b 3 0 0 0
Dauer 3b 5 1 4 3
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 16 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Braun lf 2 0 0 0
  Zdeb ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Brett 3b 4 0 1 1
Porter c 4 0 0 0
LaCock 1b 3 0 1 0
  Wathan ph 1 0 0 0
Poquette rf 3 0 1 0
  Terrell ph 1 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 0 1 0
Washington 2b 3 0 1 0
Cruz ss 2 0 0 0
  Hurdle ph 1 0 0 0
  Patek ss 0 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Baltimore 022 101 0028161
Kansas City 100 000 000170
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (6-2) 7.0 5 1 1 2 3
  Martinez   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  L (7-4) 3.2 7 5 5 3 2
  Rodriguez   4.1 7 3 3 3 1
  Martin   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
8
8
6
4

  E–Garcia (9).  DP–Baltimore 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Baltimore Belanger (5,off Splittorff); Bumbry (11,off Rodriguez); Murray (9,off Rodriguez).  3B–Kansas City Wilson (4,off Palmer).  HR–Baltimore Singleton (12,3rd inning off Splittorff 1 on, 0 out); Dauer (4,4th inning off Splittorff 0 on, 2 out); Roenicke (9,9th inning off Rodriguez 0 on, 0 out); May (10,9th inning off Rodriguez 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Belanger 2 (6,off Rodriguez 2).  IBB–Singleton (4,by Rodriguez).  IBB–Rodriguez (1,Singleton).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:41.  A–22,731.
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