Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
April 11, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 0, Kansas City Royals 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0
Jones rf 4 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 0 2 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 2 0
Wockenfuss dh 2 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 4 0 0 0
Stegman cf 3 0 1 0
Wagner ss 3 0 1 0
Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 0 1 0
McRae dh 4 2 2 0
Aikens 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hurdle rf 0 0 0 0
Wathan c 1 1 0 0
LaCock lf,1b 3 1 2 3
Detherage rf,lf 3 0 1 1
Washington ss 3 0 1 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Detroit 000 000 000060
Kansas City 000 010 30x470
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Schatzeder  L (0-1) 6.2 5 4 4 2 4
  Underwood   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
2
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  W (1-0) 9.0 6 0 0 3 5
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City McRae (1,off Schatzeder); LaCock (1,off Schatzeder).  IBB–Wathan (1,by Schatzeder).  SB–Parrish (1,2nd base off Gura/Wathan).  CS–Washington (1,2nd base by Schatzeder/Parrish).  IBB–Schatzeder (1,Wathan).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:13.  A–14,605.
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