Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
July 14, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 14, 1980 at Memorial Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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

Kansas City Royals 8, Baltimore Orioles 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 6 4 3 0
Washington ss 5 2 3 2
Brett 3b 4 1 2 1
Otis cf 5 0 2 1
McRae dh 4 1 2 1
Wathan c 4 0 1 1
Aikens 1b 5 0 1 1
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
White 2b 5 0 2 0
Torres rf 5 0 1 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 8 17 7
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 1 2 0
Dempsey c 4 0 1 0
Corey lf 4 1 2 2
Singleton rf 4 0 1 0
Ayala dh 3 0 0 0
  Kelly ph,dh 1 0 0 0
May 1b 3 1 1 1
DeCinces 3b 3 1 0 0
Belanger ss 2 0 1 0
  Lowenstein ph 1 0 1 0
Dauer 2b 4 0 1 1
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Ford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Kansas City 100 042 1008170
Baltimore 001 100 0204103
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (7-6) 7.1 8 4 4 1 4
  Eastwick   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Quisenberry  SV (17) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  L (9-5) 4.2 11 5 2 1 1
  Ford   4.1 6 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.0
17
8
5
3
2

  E–Dempsey (6), Belanger 2 (7).  DP–Kansas City 2, Baltimore 1.  2B–Kansas City McRae (21,off McGregor).  3B–Kansas City Wilson (8,off Ford).  HR–Kansas City Washington (4,5th inning off McGregor 1 on, 1 out), Baltimore May (5,4th inning off Splittorff 0 on, 1 out); Corey (1,8th inning off Splittorff 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Wathan (4,by McGregor); G Brett (8,by Ford).  SH–Belanger (7,off Splittorff).  SB–Otis 2 (6,2nd base off McGregor/Dempsey,2nd base off Ford/Dempsey).  CS–White (4,2nd base by McGregor/Dempsey).  IBB–McGregor (1,Wathan); Ford (2,G Brett).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:59.  A–23,504.
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