Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
April 10, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 10, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Detroit Tigers 5, Kansas City Royals 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0
Gibson cf 4 2 2 1
Kemp lf 4 1 2 1
Hebner 3b 3 1 1 1
Thompson 1b 3 0 1 1
Summers dh 3 0 1 0
  Wockenfuss ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 1 1 1
Peters rf 3 0 0 0
Wagner ss 4 0 1 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 1
Aikens 1b 4 0 0 0
LaCock lf 4 0 0 0
Quirk c 4 0 1 0
Hurdle rf 4 0 1 0
White 2b 3 1 1 0
Washington ss 3 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Christenson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 3 1
Detroit 000 103 001591
Kansas City 001 000 000131
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (1-0) 9.0 3 1 0 3 5
Totals
9.0
3
1
0
3
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  L (0-1) 7.1 8 4 3 3 3
  Christenson   1.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
3
4

  E–Morris (1), Aikens (1).  DP–Kansas City 3.  PB–Quirk (1).  2B–Detroit Kemp (1,off Leonard), Kansas City White (1,off Morris); Hurdle (1,off Morris).  3B–Detroit Gibson (1,off Leonard); Hebner (1,off Leonard).  HR–Detroit Gibson (1,4th inning off Leonard 0 on, 0 out); Parrish (1,9th inning off Christenson 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Peters (1,2nd base off Leonard/Quirk); Wilson (1,2nd base off Morris/Parrish).  CS–Hebner (1,2nd base by Christenson/Quirk).  BK–Leonard (1).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:28.  A–34,901.
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