Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
April 15, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1980 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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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Kansas City Royals 2, Baltimore Orioles 12

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Braun rf 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 1 1 1
McRae dh 4 1 1 0
Aikens 1b 4 0 1 0
LaCock lf 4 0 1 1
Quirk c 4 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 2 0
Washington ss 3 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Busby p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 1 0 0
Garcia 2b 4 1 0 1
Singleton rf 3 4 2 2
  Lowenstein lf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 2 1
May dh 4 0 2 3
DeCinces 3b 5 0 0 0
Roenicke lf,rf 3 2 1 0
Dempsey c 4 2 3 2
Belanger ss 4 2 2 1
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 12 12 10
Kansas City 000 000 110261
Baltimore 130 015 02x12121
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  L (0-2) 5.0 8 7 6 3 3
  Busby   0.1 2 3 3 3 0
  Martin   2.2 2 2 2 1 3
Totals
8.0
12
12
11
7
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (2-0) 8.0 6 2 2 0 5
  Stoddard   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
0
6

  E–White (1), DeCinces (2).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Baltimore Murray (2,off Leonard); Dempsey (1,off Leonard); May (1,off Martin).  HR–Kansas City G Brett (1,8th inning off Palmer 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Dempsey (2,6th inning off Leonard 1 on, 0 out); Singleton (2,8th inning off Martin 1 on, 1 out).  SF–May (1,off Leonard).  WP–Leonard (1).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:32.  A–50,199.
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