Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
May 31, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 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)
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Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Morrison 2b 5 1 2 0
Squires 1b 5 1 2 3
Lemon cf 3 0 2 1
Johnson dh 4 0 0 0
Molinaro lf 4 0 1 0
Moore 3b 3 0 0 0
  Washington ph 1 0 0 0
  Bell 3b 0 0 0 0
Baines rf 3 0 0 0
Kimm c 2 1 1 0
Pryor ss 2 1 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 0 0
  Chappas ss 1 0 0 0
Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 1 1 0
Washington ss 5 0 1 0
Brett 3b 4 1 3 1
Otis cf 4 1 1 0
Porter c 3 1 2 1
Wathan rf 4 2 2 3
Aikens 1b 3 0 0 0
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
Chalk dh 4 0 1 0
White 2b 3 0 1 1
Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 12 6
Chicago 003 000 010481
Kansas City 001 004 01x6120
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Trout  L (2-5) 5.0 8 4 4 0 2
  Farmer   3.0 4 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
2
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Martin  W (6-2) 6.2 3 3 3 4 3
  Quisenberry  SV (8) 2.1 5 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
3

  E–Morrison (8).  DP–Chicago 2, Kansas City 1.  PB–Porter (1).  2B–Chicago Squires (4,off Martin); Morrison (16,off Quisenberry).  HR–Kansas City Wathan (2,6th inning off Farmer 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Porter (1,by Trout).  SB–Molinaro (7,2nd base off Martin/Porter).  CS–Lemon (2,2nd base by Martin/Porter); Squires (4,2nd base by Quisenberry/Porter).  HBP–Trout (4,Porter).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Dallas Parks, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–George Maloney.  T–3:02.  A–29,050.
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