Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
July 11, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 11, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers 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

Detroit Tigers 3, Kansas City Royals 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters cf 3 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 2 2 1
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
Summers dh 2 1 2 2
Cowens rf 4 0 1 0
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Corcoran 1b 4 0 1 0
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 2 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 2 3 1
McRae dh 5 2 2 0
Brett 3b 5 1 3 2
Porter c 3 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 2 0 1 2
  LaCock pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 4 1 1 0
Wathan lf 4 1 3 0
  Torres lf 0 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 2 1
Washington ss 4 0 0 1
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 15 7
Detroit 010 101 000360
Kansas City 410 110 00x7150
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (11-7) 0.2 6 4 4 0 0
  Schatzeder   3.1 5 2 2 1 3
  Underwood   4.0 4 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
15
7
7
1
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (8-7) 9.0 6 3 3 3 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
1

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Detroit Cowens (12,off Leonard); Corcoran (2,off Leonard), Kansas City McRae (18,off Morris); G Brett 3 (16,off Morris,off Schatzeder 2); Hurdle (18,off Morris); Wathan (6,off Underwood).  HR–Detroit Summers (6,2nd inning off Leonard 0 on, 0 out); Trammell (5,4th inning off Leonard 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Wilson (3,2nd inning off Schatzeder 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Summers (2,off Leonard); Aikens 2 (4,off Morris,off Schatzeder).  IBB–Porter (4,by Schatzeder).  SB–Wilson (38,2nd base off Underwood/Parrish).  WP–Leonard (9).  IBB–Schatzeder (5,Porter).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:18.  A–31,017.
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