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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 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 6, Kansas City Royals 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 4 0 1 0
Dauer 2b 5 0 2 0
Singleton rf 4 0 0 0
  Lowenstein pr,rf 0 0 0 0
May dh 5 1 1 0
Murray 1b 3 2 1 0
Ayala lf 3 1 0 0
  Bumbry cf 1 0 1 0
DeCinces 3b 3 0 1 2
Roenicke cf,lf 4 2 2 4
Dempsey c 3 0 1 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Ford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 1 1
Washington 2b 4 1 1 0
Otis cf 3 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 0 2 1
Cowens rf 4 0 0 0
Porter dh 4 1 2 0
Scott 1b 4 1 1 1
Wathan c 3 0 0 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
Wilson lf 4 1 1 1
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Baltimore 030 100 1106101
Kansas City 000 001 300483
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (6-3) 6.1 8 4 4 1 3
  Ford  SV (1) 2.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  L (10-11) 7.2 8 6 2 2 4
  Quisenberry   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
2
3
4

  E–Ayala (1), Washington 2 (14), Splittorff (3).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Baltimore May (10,off Splittorff); Dauer (14,off Quisenberry), Kansas City Brett (26,off McGregor); Porter (14,off McGregor); Patek (14,off McGregor).  3B–Kansas City Scott (3,off McGregor).  HR–Baltimore Roenicke 2 (17,2nd inning off Splittorff 2 on, 2 out,7th inning off Splittorff 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Belanger (8,off Splittorff).  SF–DeCinces (3,off Splittorff).  IBB–Singleton (9,by Quisenberry).  CS–Belanger (1,2nd base by Splittorff/Wathan).  IBB–Quisenberry (2,Singleton).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:36.  A–30,193.
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