Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
April 19, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1980 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 6, Detroit Tigers 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 2 1 0
Aikens 1b 4 2 2 3
McRae dh 3 2 1 2
LaCock lf 4 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 3 0 0 0
Quirk c 4 0 2 1
Washington ss 2 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Christenson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 2 1 0 0
Gibson cf 4 1 1 0
Kemp lf 4 3 3 4
Thompson 1b 4 0 0 0
Summers rf 3 1 1 1
  Jones ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Corcoran dh 3 0 1 0
  Wockenfuss ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Parrish c 3 0 0 1
Brookens 3b 4 1 2 1
Trammell ss 3 1 2 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 10 7
Kansas City 203 001 000671
Detroit 102 002 30x8100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard   6.0 7 5 5 1 5
  Martin  L (0-1) 0.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Christenson   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
2
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (2-1) 9.0 7 6 6 4 1
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
4
1

  E–Wilson (1).  2B–Kansas City G Brett (2,off Morris); Aikens (1,off Morris); Wilson (2,off Morris), Detroit Kemp (3,off Leonard).  HR–Kansas City Aikens (1,1st inning off Morris 1 on, 2 out); McRae (1,3rd inning off Morris 1 on, 2 out), Detroit Kemp 2 (2,1st inning off Leonard 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Christenson 2 on, 1 out); Brookens (1,3rd inning off Leonard 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Parrish (1,off Leonard).  CS–Washington (2,2nd base by Morris/Parrish); Brookens (1,2nd base by Christenson/Quirk).  SB–Trammell (1,2nd base off Leonard/Quirk).  WP–Leonard 3 (4).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:17.  A–13,583.
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