Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
April 12, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 6, Kansas City Royals 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 2 0 0
Gibson cf 4 1 1 0
Kemp lf 5 1 2 2
Hebner 3b 5 1 2 2
Thompson 1b 5 0 3 1
Summers dh 4 1 1 0
Peters rf 3 0 1 1
Dyer c 4 0 0 0
Wagner ss 0 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph 1 0 0 0
  Brookens ss 2 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 3 1
White 2b 5 2 1 2
Brett 3b 4 1 3 1
McRae dh 4 0 2 1
Aikens 1b 3 0 0 0
LaCock lf 4 0 0 0
Quirk c 3 1 2 0
  Wathan ph,c 1 1 1 0
Hurdle rf 3 1 1 0
  Chalk ph 0 0 0 1
  Detherage rf 0 0 0 0
Washington ss 4 1 2 1
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 15 7
Detroit 002 030 1006101
Kansas City 141 000 02x8152
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox   3.0 9 6 6 1 0
  Hiller   4.0 3 0 0 0 3
  Underwood  L (0-1) 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
8
8
1
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale   4.1 4 5 4 4 6
  Pattin  W (1-0) 4.2 6 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
5
7

  E–Wagner (1), Washington (1), Pattin (1).  DP–Detroit 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Detroit Thompson (1,off Gale); Hebner (1,off Gale), Kansas City Wilson (1,off Wilcox); McRae 2 (3,off Wilcox,off Hiller); Hurdle (2,off Wilcox); Washington (1,off Wilcox).  3B–Detroit Peters (1,off Pattin), Kansas City White (1,off Wilcox); Wathan (1,off Underwood); Wilson (1,off Underwood).  SF–Chalk (1,off Underwood).  SB–Whitaker (1,2nd base off Gale/Quirk); Peters (2,2nd base off Gale/Quirk); Wilson (2,3rd base off Wilcox/Dyer); G Brett (1,2nd base off Wilcox/Dyer); Quirk (1,2nd base off Wilcox/Dyer).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:59.  A–16,130.
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