Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
May 20, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics 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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Oakland Athletics 0, Kansas City Royals 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 2 0
Murphy cf 3 0 2 0
Page dh 1 0 0 0
  Elliott ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Revering 1b 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 3 0 0 0
  Klutts ph 1 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 0 0
Newman c 3 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0
Picciolo 2b 3 0 1 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
Washington ss 3 1 2 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
Porter dh 2 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 3 0 1 1
  Torres lf 0 0 0 0
Wathan c 3 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
LaCock lf,1b 3 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 3 0 0 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Christenson p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 4 1
Oakland 000 000 000050
Kansas City 000 100 00x140
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  L (5-2) 8.0 4 1 1 1 4
Totals
8.0
4
1
1
1
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  W (1-5) 7.0 5 0 0 3 5
  Christenson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Quisenberry  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Oakland Murphy (4,off Gale); Henderson (5,off Gale).  SB–Murphy 2 (8,3rd base off Gale/Wathan,2nd base off Gale/Wathan); Henderson 2 (17,2nd base off Gale/Wathan,3rd base off Gale/Wathan); Page (6,2nd base off Gale/Wathan).  CS–Wilson (1,2nd base by Norris/Newman).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:13.  A–23,698.
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