Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
April 23, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 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."

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Toronto Blue Jays 4, Kansas City Royals 7

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 1 1 0
Bosetti cf 4 2 3 3
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0
Howell 3b 4 0 1 1
Velez dh 4 0 0 0
Bonnell rf 4 0 1 0
Garcia 2b 4 0 0 0
Upshaw lf 3 0 0 0
  Bailor lf 1 0 0 0
Whitt c 2 0 0 0
  Woods ph 0 1 0 0
  Davis c 0 0 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Garvin p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 2 1 0
Braun lf 5 0 0 0
Brett 3b 5 1 3 4
Aikens 1b 2 1 1 0
McRae dh 4 0 1 1
Wathan c 4 1 2 1
Hurdle rf 2 0 0 0
  Chalk ph 1 0 0 0
  Detherage pr,rf 0 0 0 0
  LaCock ph,rf 1 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 2 1
Mulliniks ss 3 0 1 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
  Washington pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Christenson p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Toronto 100 000 030471
Kansas City 000 101 14x7110
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy   5.1 6 2 2 2 1
  Garvin   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin  L (0-1) 2.0 5 5 2 2 0
  Moore   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
4
4
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard   7.0 7 4 4 2 6
  Christenson  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Quisenberry  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
8

  E–Griffin (2).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Toronto Bosetti (2,off Leonard); Bonnell (4,off Leonard), Kansas City G Brett (3,off Clancy); White (2,off Clancy); McRae (7,off Clancy); Wilson (3,off McLaughlin); Wathan (2,off McLaughlin).  3B–Toronto Howell (1,off Leonard), Kansas City G Brett (2,off McLaughlin).  HR–Toronto Bosetti (2,8th inning off Leonard 2 on, 0 out).  IBB–Aikens (1,by McLaughlin); Wilson (1,by McLaughlin).  SB–Bosetti (2,2nd base off Leonard/Wathan); McRae (1,2nd base off Clancy/Whitt); G Brett (3,2nd base off McLaughlin/Whitt).  IBB–McLaughlin 2 (3,Aikens,Wilson).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:33.  A–18,855.
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