Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
July 17, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1980 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 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 4, Boston Red Sox 12

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 2 0
Washington ss 4 0 1 0
Brett 1b 4 1 0 0
McRae dh 3 1 1 2
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
  Torres cf 0 0 0 0
Wathan rf 2 1 0 0
  Hurdle pr 0 0 0 0
Porter c 3 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Chalk 3b 2 1 0 1
Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Twitty p 0 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 5 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 1 2
Stapleton 2b 5 1 2 2
Lynn cf 5 2 3 1
Perez 1b 4 1 2 0
Fisk c 4 1 1 1
  Rader c 0 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 2 1 1 0
  Hancock lf 2 0 1 0
Evans rf 3 2 1 2
Dwyer dh 4 3 1 2
Hoffman 3b 1 0 0 0
  Hobson ph,3b 2 1 1 2
Tudor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 12 14 12
Kansas City 000 003 100452
Boston 001 470 00x12141
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Martin  L (8-7) 3.2 3 5 5 5 2
  Pattin   0.1 5 4 4 0 1
  Twitty   3.0 4 3 3 1 2
  Eastwick   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
12
12
7
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  W (3-1) 9.0 5 4 4 4 2
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
4
2

  E–Washington (19), Martin (3), Burleson (12).  DP–Kansas City 1, Boston 1.  2B–Kansas City Wilson (17,off Tudor), Boston Stapleton (11,off Martin); Lynn (19,off Martin); Hobson (6,off Pattin); Evans (14,off Twitty); Burleson (20,off Twitty).  HR–Kansas City McRae (7,6th inning off Tudor 1 on, 2 out), Boston Stapleton (4,5th inning off Pattin 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Chalk (3,off Tudor).  HBP–Wathan (1,by Tudor).  IBB–Hobson (2,by Twitty).  HBP–Tudor (1,Wathan).  IBB–Twitty (1,Hobson).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:41.  A–25,619.
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