Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
July 4, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1980 at Royals Stadium. 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Seattle Mariners 3, Kansas City Royals 5

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Milbourne 2b 4 0 2 1
Beniquez cf 4 1 1 0
Bochte dh 4 0 1 1
Meyer lf 4 0 0 0
Paciorek 1b 4 0 0 0
Simpson rf 3 1 2 0
Anderson 3b 4 1 1 1
Stinson c 3 0 2 0
Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0
  Roberts L. ph 1 0 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts D. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 3 1 2 1
Washington ss 4 0 1 1
Wathan c 4 0 1 0
Porter dh 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 1 1 0
Hurdle rf 4 1 0 0
Quirk 3b 3 1 1 1
  Chalk ph,3b 1 0 0 0
LaCock 1b 2 0 0 0
  Torres pr 0 0 0 0
  Terrell 1b 0 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 1 2
  Aikens 1b 0 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 2 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Seattle 000 100 200391
Kansas City 000 002 12x5101
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott   6.0 6 3 3 0 2
  Roberts  L (1-3) 2.0 4 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard   6.2 8 3 3 1 1
  Quisenberry  W (6-4) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
2

  E–Milbourne (3), Washington (17).  2B–Seattle Beniquez (6,off Leonard); Bochte (15,off Leonard); Simpson (6,off Leonard).  3B–Kansas City Wilson (6,off Abbott); McRae (2,off D Roberts).  HR–Kansas City Quirk (2,7th inning off Abbott 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Stinson (2,off Leonard).  CS–Simpson (3,2nd base by Leonard/Wathan); White (3,Home by D Roberts/Stinson).  SB–Wilson (35,2nd base off Abbott/Stinson).  WP–D Roberts (1).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:23.  A–27,891.
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