Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
September 21, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1979 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 13, Oakland Athletics 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 6 1 3 1
McRae dh 5 1 2 4
Brett 3b 6 0 2 0
Porter c 3 0 0 0
  Wathan ph,c 1 0 0 0
LaCock 1b 4 2 1 0
Otis cf 4 1 0 0
Hurdle rf 4 2 2 0
White 2b 5 3 3 2
Washington ss 5 3 4 6
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Eaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 13 17 13
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 0 1
Murphy cf 3 0 1 0
  Essian ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray cf 1 0 1 1
Revering 1b 5 1 1 0
Newman c 4 0 1 0
Heath rf 2 0 0 1
Page dh 4 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 4 1 2 0
Gross 3b 4 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 4 1 2 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Minetto p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 3
Kansas City 054 000 10313172
Oakland 001 000 012490
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (14-17) 8.0 6 2 1 2 6
  Eaton   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
2
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (12-15) 1.2 6 5 5 1 0
  Minetto   5.0 6 5 5 4 4
  Todd   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Lacey   1.0 3 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
13
13
6
5

  E–Otis (3), White (12).  DP–Oakland 1.  PB–Newman (5).  2B–Kansas City Wilson (18,off Langford); Hurdle (10,off Minetto), Oakland Newman (16,off Splittorff); Picciolo 2 (16,off Splittorff,off Eaton); Murray (11,off Eaton).  3B–Oakland Revering (4,off Splittorff).  HR–Kansas City Washington 2 (2,2nd inning off Langford 2 on, 2 out,3rd inning off Minetto 2 on, 1 out); McRae (10,9th inning off Lacey 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Heath (4,off Splittorff).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:41.  A–2,340.
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