Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
April 22, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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 2, Kansas City Royals 7

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 0 1 1
Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Velez dh 4 0 2 0
Howell 3b 4 0 0 0
Bonnell rf 4 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 4 1 2 0
Ainge lf 3 1 1 0
Davis c 3 0 0 1
Mirabella p 0 0 0 0
  Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
McRae lf 4 2 2 0
  Hurdle rf 0 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 2 2 1 0
  Mulliniks pr 0 1 0 0
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
Wathan c 4 2 4 3
Chalk dh 4 0 1 2
Detherage rf 3 0 1 1
  Braun ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Washington ss 4 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 12 7
Toronto 000 000 020271
Kansas City 030 001 03x7122
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Mirabella  L (1-1) 5.0 6 3 3 1 1
  Jefferson   2.1 4 4 4 1 1
  Buskey   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
2
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (2-0) 8.0 7 2 2 0 1
  Pattin   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
0
1

  E–Bosetti (1), G Brett 2 (2).  DP–Toronto 3, Kansas City 1.  2B–Toronto Ainge (2,off Splittorff), Kansas City McRae (6,off Mirabella); Wathan (1,off Mirabella); Aikens (4,off Jefferson).  SB–Detherage (1,2nd base off Mirabella/Davis).  U–Ted Hendry, Larry Barnett, Jim McKean.  T–2:08.  A–16,993.
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