Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
May 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 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."

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Baltimore Orioles 1, Kansas City Royals 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 1 2 0
Dauer 3b 5 0 0 0
Singleton rf 2 0 0 0
Murray 1b 2 0 1 0
Roenicke lf 2 0 0 1
May dh 4 0 1 0
Smith 2b 4 0 0 0
Dempsey c 2 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 0 0 0 0
  Garcia ph 1 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
  Ayala ph 1 0 1 0
  Harlow pr 0 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
Brett 1b 4 1 3 0
Wathan c 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 1 1 2
Cowens rf 4 0 2 0
McRae dh 3 0 1 0
Cruz 3b 3 0 1 0
Washington 2b 3 0 0 0
Patek ss 3 0 1 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Baltimore 001 000 000150
Kansas City 200 000 00x291
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  L (6-4) 8.0 9 2 2 0 7
Totals
8.0
9
2
2
0
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  W (5-3) 8.0 4 1 1 7 5
  Hrabosky  SV (7) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
7
6

  E–Brett (12).  DP–Baltimore 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Baltimore May (6,off Gale); Ayala (1,off Hrabosky), Kansas City Cowens (2,off Flanagan).  HR–Kansas City Otis (3,1st inning off Flanagan 1 on, 2 out).  WP–Gale (1).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:30.  A–20,838.
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