Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners
June 27, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 1980 at Kingdome. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners 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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Kansas City Royals 2, Seattle Mariners 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 0 1 0
Washington ss 5 0 2 0
McRae dh 1 0 1 0
  Porter pr,dh 3 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 3 1 1 1
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
Wathan c 4 0 2 0
Hurdle rf 3 0 1 0
White 2b 4 1 1 1
Chalk 3b 4 0 2 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 11 2
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Milbourne 2b 3 0 0 0
  Cox c 0 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 4 0 1 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 0 0
Meyer lf 4 0 0 0
Paciorek dh 4 0 1 0
Roberts rf 3 0 0 0
Anderson 3b 4 1 1 1
Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0
Stinson c 3 0 1 0
  Cruz pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Kansas City 000 011 0002110
Seattle 000 000 001140
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  W (5-7) 7.0 3 0 0 4 2
  Quisenberry  SV (14) 2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
3
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  L (7-5) 9.0 11 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 2.  2B–Kansas City Chalk (7,off Honeycutt), Seattle Stinson (2,off Gale).  HR–Kansas City White (4,5th inning off Honeycutt 0 on, 0 out); Aikens (9,6th inning off Honeycutt 0 on, 0 out), Seattle J Anderson (5,9th inning off Quisenberry 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–McRae (4,by Honeycutt).  SB–Wathan (7,2nd base off Honeycutt/Stinson).  HBP–Honeycutt (2,McRae).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:28.  A–12,099.
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