Milwaukee Brewers vs Kansas City Royals
August 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1979 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 9, Kansas City Royals 10

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 2b 6 0 1 0
Bando 3b 6 1 3 1
Cooper 1b 4 2 2 2
Thomas cf 4 1 2 0
Oglivie lf 4 1 0 0
Lezcano rf 5 1 2 3
Davis dh 5 1 1 0
Yount ss 5 1 1 3
Martinez c 3 1 0 0
Sorensen p 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Augustine p 0 0 0 0
  Castro p 0 0 0 0
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
  Galasso p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 12 9
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 6 2 3 0
McRae dh 6 2 2 1
Otis cf 6 1 5 2
Brett 3b,1b 5 2 2 1
Porter c 5 2 2 3
LaCock 1b 3 0 0 0
  Wathan ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Quirk ph 0 0 0 0
  Terrell ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 3 0 1 1
  Cowens ph,rf 2 0 2 0
White 2b 5 0 1 1
Washington ss 5 1 2 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 10 20 9
Milwaukee 001 000 710 09121
Kansas City 410 100 102 110200
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Sorensen   1.2 7 5 4 1 1
  Mitchell   4.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Augustine   1.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Castro   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  McClure   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Galasso  L (3-1) 0.2 5 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.1
20
10
9
2
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale   6.2 7 4 4 4 5
  Mingori   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Quisenberry   1.0 5 4 4 0 0
  Hrabosky  W (7-4) 2.1 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
10.0
12
9
9
5
9

  E–Martinez (7).  PB–Martinez (3).  2B–Milwaukee Lezcano 2 (23,off Gale,off Quisenberry); Cooper (39,off Gale), Kansas City McRae (25,off Sorensen); Washington (10,off Mitchell); Otis (21,off Mitchell); Brett (39,off Castro).  3B–Kansas City Wilson (13,off Sorensen); Washington (3,off Mitchell).  HR–Milwaukee Yount (8,7th inning off Quisenberry 2 on, 2 out); Cooper (21,8th inning off Quisenberry 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Brett (14,by Galasso).  SB–Wilson (62,2nd base off Sorensen/Martinez).  IBB–Galasso (1,Brett).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–3:35.  A–30,758.
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