Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
April 21, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays 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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Toronto Blue Jays 7, Kansas City Royals 1

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 1 1 0
Bosetti cf 5 1 0 1
Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 2
Howell 3b 5 1 2 0
Velez dh 1 0 0 0
  Woods pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Bonnell rf 3 2 0 1
Garcia 2b 4 0 2 1
Ainge lf 3 0 1 0
  Upshaw ph 0 1 0 0
  Bailor lf 0 0 0 0
Davis c 4 0 1 1
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 8 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Terrell 2b 0 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 4 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 1 1 0
LaCock lf 4 0 1 1
Quirk c 4 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 3 0 0 0
Washington ss 2 0 2 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Busby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Toronto 000 300 004781
Kansas City 000 000 001152
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (2-0) 9.0 5 1 1 3 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  L (0-2) 8.0 6 6 3 5 4
  Quisenberry   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Busby   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
4
5
4

  E–Davis (2), Washington 2 (3).  DP–Toronto 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Toronto Griffin (3,off Gale); Garcia 2 (5,off Gale 2); Mayberry (3,off Quisenberry), Kansas City LaCock (3,off Stieb).  SH–Bonnell (1,off Gale).  IBB–Upshaw (1,by Gale).  SB–Ainge (1,2nd base off Gale/Quirk); Washington (1,2nd base off Stieb/Davis); Wilson 2 (6,2nd base off Stieb/Davis 2).  IBB–Gale (1,Upshaw).  U–Jim McKean, Ted Hendry, Larry Barnett.  T–2:29.  A–21,117.
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