Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
April 17, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 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 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 1 0 0
White 2b 4 1 2 0
Brett 3b 3 0 2 2
McRae dh 4 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 3 0 2 0
LaCock lf 4 0 0 0
Quirk c 4 0 1 0
Hurdle rf 4 0 1 0
Washington ss 3 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Christenson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 1 2 1
Garcia ss,2b 3 1 0 0
Singleton rf 4 0 1 0
  Roenicke pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 2 2 2
Kelly dh 3 1 1 1
  May ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Lowenstein lf 3 0 1 1
Rayford 3b 3 0 0 0
  Belanger ss 1 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 0 1 0
Dauer 2b,3b 2 0 0 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
Kansas City 000 000 020280
Baltimore 200 210 00x580
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  L (0-1) 7.0 8 5 5 3 2
  Christenson   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
4
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  W (1-1) 7.1 8 2 2 1 3
  Stoddard  SV (2) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  PB–Quirk (2).  2B–Kansas City G Brett (1,off Stone); Hurdle (3,off Stone).  3B–Kansas City G Brett (1,off Stone), Baltimore Kelly (1,off Gale).  HR–Baltimore Murray (1,1st inning off Gale 1 on, 2 out); Bumbry (1,5th inning off Gale 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Wilson (1,by Stone).  CS–White (1,2nd base by Stone/Dempsey); Lowenstein (1,2nd base by Gale/Quirk).  SB–Garcia (1,2nd base off Gale/Quirk).  HBP–Stone (1,Wilson).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:40.  A–7,166.
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