Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
May 2, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 6, Kansas City Royals 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 5 2 2 0
Burleson ss 5 2 2 2
Lynn cf 5 0 2 3
Rice lf 5 0 0 0
Yastrzemski dh 3 0 1 0
Perez 1b 5 0 1 0
Fisk c 5 1 1 0
Hobson 3b 3 0 0 0
  Evans rf 1 0 0 0
Dwyer rf 3 1 1 0
  Hoffman 3b 1 0 0 0
  Brohamer ph,3b 1 0 1 1
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 11 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 3 1
White 2b 5 0 0 0
  Braun ph 0 0 0 0
  Terrell pr 0 0 0 0
McRae dh 5 0 0 1
Aikens 1b 4 0 1 0
Wathan c 5 1 4 0
Quirk 3b 5 2 2 2
LaCock lf 5 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 5 1 2 1
Washington ss 2 0 0 0
  Porter ph 1 0 0 0
  Mulliniks ss 0 0 0 0
  Chalk ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 5 12 5
Boston 101 010 200 016110
Kansas City 110 001 200 005121
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez   6.2 11 5 5 2 2
  Burgmeier   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Lockwood  W (2-1) 3.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
12
5
5
4
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale   7.0 9 5 5 2 4
  Quisenberry  L (1-1) 4.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
11.0
11
6
6
3
6

  E–Quirk (2).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Lynn (4,off Gale); Fisk (5,off Quisenberry), Kansas City Hurdle 2 (7,off Torrez 2); Aikens (5,off Torrez); Quirk (1,off Torrez).  3B–Boston Remy (2,off Gale), Kansas City Wilson (3,off Torrez).  HR–Boston Burleson (2,5th inning off Gale 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City Quirk (1,7th inning off Torrez 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Remy (4,off Gale); Evans (1,off Quisenberry).  IBB–Yastrzemski (2,by Quisenberry); Wilson (2,by Torrez).  SF–McRae (1,off Torrez).  CS–Yastrzemski (1,2nd base by Quisenberry/Wathan).  SB–Wilson (7,2nd base off Torrez/Fisk).  BK–Torrez (1).  IBB–Torrez (2,Wilson); Quisenberry (1,Yastrzemski).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–3:17.  A–25,965.
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