Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
May 3, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 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."

"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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Boston Red Sox 7, Kansas City Royals 0

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 4 0 0 1
Burleson ss 5 1 1 0
Lynn cf 5 0 1 0
Rice lf 4 2 1 0
Perez 1b 5 1 3 1
Fisk c 5 1 4 2
Hobson dh 4 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 3 1 1 0
  Remy ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Hoffman 3b 4 1 4 2
Rainey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 16 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Braun lf 3 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 0 1 0
Aikens 1b 3 0 1 0
Wathan c 3 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 3 0 0 0
Quirk 3b 3 0 1 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
Washington ss 3 0 2 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Christenson p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 5 0
Boston 001 010 0327161
Kansas City 000 000 000051
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Rainey  W (1-0) 9.0 5 0 0 4 4
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
4
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  L (3-1) 7.1 9 3 3 0 2
  Pattin   0.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Christenson   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Martin   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
7
7
2
3

  E–Sizemore (2), Washington (4).  DP–Boston 3, Kansas City 1.  2B–Boston Sizemore (1,off Splittorff); Rice (1,off Splittorff); Fisk (6,off Pattin); Hoffman (1,off Christenson), Kansas City McRae (9,off Rainey).  3B–Boston Hoffman (1,off Splittorff).  SF–Evans (2,off Splittorff); Remy (1,off Christenson).  IBB–Hobson (1,by Pattin).  CS–Quirk (1,2nd base by Rainey/Fisk).  WP–Christenson (1).  IBB–Pattin (1,Hobson).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:30.  A–28,760.
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