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

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

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 3, Kansas City Royals 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 0 1 0
Garcia ss 3 1 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 1 0
Murray 1b 3 1 1 1
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
May dh 4 0 1 1
Roenicke lf 1 0 0 0
  Lowenstein lf 2 1 1 0
Dauer 2b 3 0 0 1
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
Skaggs c 3 0 1 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 1 2 0
Braun dh 2 2 1 1
  Terrell pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Quirk ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 1 2 3
Porter c 3 1 0 1
LaCock 1b 3 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 1
Cowens rf 4 0 0 0
Washington 2b 3 1 1 0
  White 2b 0 0 0 0
Patek ss 2 0 1 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
Baltimore 000 000 120361
Kansas City 100 131 00x692
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  L (13-8) 4.2 7 5 4 2 1
  Stewart   3.1 2 1 1 3 2
Totals
8.0
9
6
5
5
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  W (8-8) 7.1 5 3 3 3 5
  Quisenberry   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
5

  E–Bumbry (5), White (8), Gale (4).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Baltimore Singleton (18,off Gale); Murray (20,off Gale), Kansas City Patek (13,off D Martinez).  3B–Baltimore Lowenstein (2,off Gale).  HR–Kansas City Brett (13,5th inning off D Martinez 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Roenicke (10,by Gale).  SH–Patek (9,off Stewart).  SF–Porter (10,off D Martinez).  SB–Bumbry (24,2nd base off Gale/Porter); Brett (13,2nd base off D Martinez/Skaggs); Wilson 2 (42,2nd base off D Martinez/Skaggs,3rd base off D Martinez/Skaggs); Washington (6,2nd base off Stewart/Skaggs).  WP–Quisenberry (1).  HBP–Gale (4,Roenicke).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–3:00.  A–40,448.
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