Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
May 30, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 2, Kansas City Royals 9

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Morrison 2b 4 1 2 0
Squires 1b 3 0 1 0
Lemon cf 3 0 0 1
Johnson dh 4 1 2 1
Nordhagen lf 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Baines rf 3 0 0 0
Pryor ss 3 0 0 0
Foley c 3 0 0 0
Wortham p 0 0 0 0
  Proly p 0 0 0 0
  Contreras p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 3 2 0 0
Washington ss 4 1 2 1
Brett 3b 4 1 2 0
Otis cf 2 2 0 1
Porter dh 4 2 1 2
Wathan c 4 0 1 3
Aikens 1b 4 1 2 0
White 2b 4 0 1 1
Torres rf 2 0 0 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 9 8
Chicago 100 000 100263
Kansas City 303 111 00x990
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wortham  L (3-2) 2.1 2 6 3 4 2
  Proly   2.2 4 2 2 3 0
  Contreras   3.0 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
9
6
8
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  W (7-2) 9.0 6 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
0
3

  E–Morrison (7), Lemon 2 (3).  DP–Chicago 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Chicago Morrison 2 (15,off Gura 2); L Johnson (9,off Gura), Kansas City Aikens (11,off Proly); White (7,off Proly).  HR–Chicago L Johnson (6,7th inning off Gura 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Porter (3,1st inning off Wortham 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Lemon (1,off Gura); Otis (1,off Proly).  HBP–Squires (1,by Gura); Wilson (4,by Contreras).  SB–Wilson 3 (19,2nd base off Wortham/Foley,3rd base off Wortham/Foley,2nd base off Proly/Foley); Torres (1,2nd base off Wortham/Foley); Washington (8,2nd base off Wortham/Foley).  HBP–Contreras (2,Wilson); Gura (1,Squires).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Dallas Parks, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:29.  A–26,550.
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