Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
May 21, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 4, Kansas City Royals 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 1 3 0
Murphy cf 5 0 0 0
Armas rf 6 1 1 2
Elliott dh 6 1 1 0
  Page ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Newman 1b 4 0 0 0
  Gross 1b 3 0 1 1
Heath c 5 0 2 1
Klutts 3b 6 0 3 0
Guerrero ss 6 0 1 0
Picciolo 2b 5 1 2 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  McKay 2b 0 0 0 0
Kingman p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 4 14 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 6 0 0 0
Washington ss 6 0 1 0
Brett 3b 6 0 0 0
Porter dh 6 0 2 0
Aikens 1b 4 1 3 0
  Terrell pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Wathan c 6 1 1 0
Quirk lf 3 0 0 0
  Torres pr,lf,rf 1 0 0 0
White 2b 6 0 1 0
Hurdle rf 2 0 0 0
  Chalk ph 1 0 1 2
  LaCock rf,1b 2 0 0 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 2 9 2
Oakland 000 110 000 000 024141
Kansas City 000 000 002 000 00291
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kingman   8.0 5 1 1 3 3
  Jones   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Lacey  W (1-0) 5.2 3 0 0 1 0
Totals
14.0
9
2
2
4
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura   13.0 12 2 2 2 6
  Quisenberry  L (2-2) 1.0 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
14.0
14
4
4
4
6

  E–Newman (5), G Brett (7).  2B–Oakland Heath (6,off Gura), Kansas City Aikens 2 (9,off Kingman 2); Chalk (4,off Lacey).  SH–Murphy (7,off Gura); Henderson (1,off Gura); Hurdle (1,off Kingman); Quirk (2,off Jones).  SF–Armas (1,off Gura).  IBB–Murphy (3,by Quisenberry).  SB–Henderson 2 (19,2nd base off Gura/Wathan,2nd base off Quisenberry/Wathan); Wilson (14,2nd base off Kingman/Heath).  IBB–Quisenberry (2,Murphy).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–George Maloney.  T–4:14.  A–24,030.
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