Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
August 5, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1980 at Tiger Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 6, Detroit Tigers 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 3 2 1 1
McRae dh 4 2 2 1
Brett 3b 3 1 1 3
  Chalk 3b 1 0 1 1
Porter c 4 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 2 0 0 0
  LaCock 1b 1 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 4 0 0 0
Washington ss 4 0 0 0
White 2b 3 1 1 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 6 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters cf 5 0 2 0
Trammell ss 5 0 0 0
Kemp dh 3 1 2 0
Hebner 1b 4 0 0 0
Summers lf 3 1 2 2
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
Cowens rf 4 1 1 0
Brookens 3b 4 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 1 1
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Kansas City 000 300 030660
Detroit 000 000 0213100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (12-8) 8.0 10 3 3 2 4
  Quisenberry  SV (22) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  L (11-7) 7.1 6 6 6 2 5
  Underwood   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
6
6
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City McRae (28,off Wilcox); Chalk (9,off Wilcox), Detroit Peters (12,off Leonard).  3B–Kansas City Wilson (10,off Wilcox).  HR–Kansas City G Brett (13,4th inning off Wilcox 2 on, 0 out), Detroit Summers (9,8th inning off Leonard 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Whitaker (4,off Quisenberry).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Fred Spenn.  T–2:44.  A–27,469.
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