Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
April 13, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 13, 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 2, Kansas City Royals 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 2 0 0 0
Gibson cf 4 0 0 0
Jones rf 3 0 2 0
  Kemp ph 1 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 1 3 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 0 0
Wockenfuss dh 2 0 0 0
  Summers ph,dh 1 1 1 2
Brookens 3b 2 0 0 0
  Hebner ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Stegman lf 2 0 1 0
  Peters ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Wagner ss 2 0 1 0
  Corcoran ph 1 0 0 0
  Trammell ss 0 0 0 0
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 10 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 2 0
White 2b 2 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 1 1 0
Aikens 1b 4 0 1 2
  Detherage lf 0 0 0 0
LaCock lf,1b 4 0 1 1
Quirk c 4 0 1 0
Hurdle rf 4 0 1 0
Washington ss 2 1 1 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Christenson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
Detroit 000 000 0022100
Kansas City 000 100 20x380
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema  L (0-1) 7.0 8 3 3 5 2
  Lopez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
5
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (1-0) 6.1 6 0 0 2 1
  Quisenberry   2.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Christenson  SV (1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
2
1

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Detroit Stegman (1,off Splittorff); Hebner (2,off Christenson).  HR–Detroit Summers (1,9th inning off Quisenberry 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Whitaker (1,off Splittorff).  IBB–G Brett (1,by Rozema); McRae (1,by Rozema).  SB–Jones (1,2nd base off Splittorff/Quirk); Whitaker (2,2nd base off Splittorff/Quirk); Wilson (3,2nd base off Rozema/Parrish).  CS–Wagner (1,2nd base by Splittorff/Quirk).  IBB–Rozema 2 (2,G Brett,McRae).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:29.  A–17,720.
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