Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
July 30, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1980 at Royals Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 7, Kansas City Royals 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 2 2 1
Stapleton 2b 4 1 3 1
Lynn cf 5 1 2 2
Perez 1b 5 0 1 0
Rice lf 5 0 1 2
Yastrzemski dh 5 0 1 0
Evans rf 4 1 2 0
Rader c 4 1 1 0
Hoffman 3b 2 0 1 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Wolfe 3b 0 0 0 0
  Hancock ph 1 1 1 1
  Allenson 3b 0 0 0 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 15 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 1 0
Washington ss 4 0 1 0
Brett 3b 2 0 2 1
McRae dh 4 0 1 0
Porter c 2 0 1 0
Aikens 1b 3 0 1 0
  Mulliniks pr 0 0 0 0
  LaCock 1b 1 0 0 0
Otis cf 2 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 2 0 0 0
Chalk 2b 2 0 0 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
  White 2b 1 0 0 0
Busby p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 7 1
Boston 001 000 0067150
Kansas City 000 001 000170
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Renko   6.0 5 1 1 5 3
  Stanley  W (7-6) 3.0 2 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
7
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Busby  L (0-2) 8.1 10 3 3 1 4
  Quisenberry   0.0 4 4 4 0 0
  Eastwick   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
1
4

  E–None.  DP–Boston 3, Kansas City 2.  2B–Boston Yastrzemski (16,off Busby); Evans (23,off Busby).  3B–Boston Rice (5,off Eastwick).  HBP–Stapleton (1,by Busby).  SF–G Brett (2,off Renko).  IBB–Hurdle (4,by Stanley).  CS–Burleson (11,3rd base by Busby/Porter); G Brett (2,2nd base by Renko/Rader); Otis (1,2nd base by Renko/Rader).  HBP–Busby (1,Stapleton).  IBB–Stanley (4,Hurdle).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:51.  A–31,468.
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