Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
May 11, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1980 at Fenway Park. 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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Kansas City Royals 2, Boston Red Sox 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
McRae lf 4 1 2 0
Brett 3b 2 0 1 0
  Quirk ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Porter dh 3 0 1 2
Aikens 1b 3 0 1 0
Wathan c 4 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 3 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Washington ss 2 0 0 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 0 1 0
Burleson ss 4 1 1 1
Lynn cf 3 1 1 2
Rice dh 4 2 2 1
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 1
Perez 1b 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 2 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 1 0 0 0
  Hoffman 3b 0 0 0 0
Evans rf 1 1 0 0
Rainey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 5 5
Kansas City 100 001 000280
Boston 013 000 01x551
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  L (0-4) 8.0 5 5 5 4 5
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
4
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Rainey  W (2-0) 9.0 8 2 2 3 8
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
8

  E–Hobson (7).  DP–Kansas City 1, Boston 3.  3B–Kansas City McRae (1,off Rainey), Boston Rice (2,off Gale).  HR–Boston Lynn (2,3rd inning off Gale 1 on, 2 out); Rice (4,8th inning off Gale 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Porter (2,off Rainey).  SH–Evans (2,off Gale).  HBP–Fisk (2,by Gale).  SB–Wilson (9,2nd base off Rainey/Fisk); Burleson (3,2nd base off Gale/Wathan); Fisk (1,2nd base off Gale/Wathan).  HBP–Gale (2,Fisk).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:24.  A–24,685.
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