Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
July 31, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1980 at Royals Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 13

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 3 0 0 0
  Dwyer 1b 2 0 0 0
Stapleton 2b 4 1 2 0
Lynn cf 4 0 1 1
Perez 1b 3 0 0 0
  Wolfe 3b 1 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 1 1 1
Yastrzemski dh 3 0 1 0
  Hancock pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Evans rf 3 1 1 0
Rader c 4 0 2 1
Hoffman 3b,ss 3 0 1 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Remmerswaal p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 4 4 1
McRae dh 5 1 2 4
  Torres pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Brett 3b 3 2 2 1
Porter c 3 2 2 1
  Quirk c 0 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 5 0 2 2
Wathan lf 4 1 2 1
Hurdle rf 5 0 1 0
White 2b 4 1 1 1
  Mulliniks 2b 1 0 0 0
Washington ss 5 1 1 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Twitty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 13 17 11
Boston 000 000 012393
Kansas City 101 215 30x13170
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  L (6-10) 4.1 9 5 4 2 2
  Remmerswaal   0.2 4 5 5 1 0
  Campbell   2.0 3 3 0 2 1
  Lockwood   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
17
13
9
5
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (11-8) 8.0 6 1 1 2 2
  Twitty   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
2

  E–Burleson (15), Rader (3), Hoffman (7).  DP–Boston 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City McRae (27,off Eckersley); Wathan (8,off Eckersley); Aikens (20,off Campbell).  3B–Boston Stapleton (2,off Leonard); Evans (2,off Twitty).  HR–Boston Rice (14,9th inning off Twitty 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City McRae (8,6th inning off Remmerswaal 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Porter (4,off Campbell).  IBB–G Brett (9,by Eckersley).  SB–Wilson (46,2nd base off Eckersley/Rader); White (11,2nd base off Eckersley/Rader).  WP–Campbell (1).  IBB–Eckersley (3,G Brett).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:28.  A–33,500.
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