New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
June 4, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Yankees 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 3, Kansas City Royals 9

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 2 1 0 0
Murcer lf 4 0 0 0
Lefebvre rf 3 1 0 0
Jackson dh 4 0 2 1
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 1
Spencer 1b 4 1 1 0
Brown cf 4 0 0 0
Cerone c 2 0 1 0
  Oates c 2 0 0 0
Dent ss 2 0 1 1
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  May p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 1 3 2
White 2b 4 1 0 0
Brett 3b 5 1 3 4
Porter dh 3 0 0 0
Wathan c 4 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 3 1 2 0
  LaCock pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 1 1 0
Hurdle rf 3 2 2 0
Washington ss 4 2 1 3
Martin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 12 9
New York 111 000 000350
Kansas City 060 120 00x9120
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  L (4-3) 2.0 5 6 6 2 1
  Figueroa   3.0 6 3 3 2 2
  May   3.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
5
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Martin  W (7-2) 9.0 5 3 3 3 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
1

  E–None.  2B–New York Spencer (5,off Martin), Kansas City Aikens (12,off Figueroa); Hurdle (12,off Figueroa).  3B–Kansas City Washington (2,off Tiant).  HR–Kansas City G Brett (6,2nd inning off Tiant 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Dent (5,off Martin).  SF–Nettles (1,off Martin).  IBB–Porter (2,by Figueroa).  SB–Randolph 2 (10,2nd base off Martin/Wathan 2); G Brett (4,2nd base off Tiant/Cerone); Wilson (21,2nd base off Tiant/Cerone).  IBB–Figueroa (2,Porter).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:29.  A–27,234.
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