Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
July 15, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1980 at Fenway Park. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox 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 8, Boston Red Sox 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 1 2 0
McRae dh 5 1 1 2
Brett 3b 4 2 2 0
Porter c 5 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 3 3 1
Aikens 1b 4 1 2 1
  LaCock 1b 1 0 1 1
Hurdle rf 5 0 0 0
Washington ss 3 0 1 1
White 2b 4 0 2 2
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 15 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 0 0
Stapleton 2b 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 1 1 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 3 1
Dwyer dh 4 1 3 0
Evans rf 4 1 1 2
Hobson 3b 4 0 1 1
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Remmerswaal p 0 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Kansas City 012 102 1018150
Boston 000 100 201480
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  W (6-7) 8.1 7 4 4 3 2
  Quisenberry   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  L (5-3) 3.2 7 4 4 1 3
  Remmerswaal   2.1 2 2 2 2 1
  Lockwood   3.0 6 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
8
8
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1, Boston 1.  2B–Kansas City White (11,off Remmerswaal).  3B–Kansas City Otis (1,off Renko).  HR–Kansas City Otis (7,2nd inning off Renko 0 on, 0 out); McRae (6,3rd inning off Renko 1 on, 1 out), Boston Evans (7,7th inning off Gale 1 on, 1 out).  WP–Gale 2 (5).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:43.  A–26,865.
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