New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
June 2, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 5, Kansas City Royals 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 4 1 0 0
Werth rf 1 0 1 0
  Lefebvre rf 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 5 1 1 1
Soderholm dh 4 1 1 2
Piniella lf 5 1 1 0
  Blair lf 0 0 0 0
Brown cf 5 1 2 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 1 0
Cerone c 4 0 2 2
Dent ss 2 0 1 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 1 0
Washington ss 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 1 1 2
Otis cf 3 1 0 0
Porter dh 4 0 2 0
Wathan c 4 0 1 1
Aikens 1b 3 0 0 0
  Chalk ph 1 0 0 0
Torres rf 2 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 2 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
New York 500 000 0005100
Kansas City 300 000 000370
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry  W (6-1) 9.0 7 3 3 2 7
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  L (3-3) 0.2 6 5 5 1 1
  Gale   7.1 4 0 0 4 3
  Quisenberry   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
5
5

  E–None.  2B–New York Brown (3,off Splittorff); Cerone (10,off Splittorff); Nettles (5,off Gale), Kansas City Wilson (9,off Guidry).  HR–New York Soderholm (5,1st inning off Splittorff 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City G Brett (4,1st inning off Guidry 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Wilson (20,3rd base off Guidry/Cerone); White (6,2nd base off Guidry/Cerone).  WP–Guidry (5).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:42.  A–39,261.
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