Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
August 12, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 3, Kansas City Royals 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 4 1 2 1
Dauer 3b,2b 4 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 0 1 2
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0
Roenicke cf,lf 4 0 2 0
Ayala lf 3 0 0 0
  Bumbry cf 1 0 1 0
May dh 3 0 1 0
  Crowley ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 1 2 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
  DeCinces 3b 0 0 0 0
Sakata 2b 3 1 1 0
  Graham c 0 0 0 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 11 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 1 2 1
Washington ss 5 0 1 0
Brett 3b 4 1 2 1
Otis cf 4 0 2 2
Wathan 1b 2 0 1 0
Porter c 4 0 0 0
Aikens dh 4 0 1 0
White 2b 3 2 1 0
Torres rf 3 0 0 0
  Chalk ph 1 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Baltimore 003 000 0003110
Kansas City 110 010 0014101
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  L (13-6) 8.2 10 4 4 1 2
  Stoddard   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.2
10
4
4
3
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   8.1 11 3 3 0 2
  Quisenberry  W (9-4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
0
3

  E–G Brett (12).  DP–Kansas City 3.  2B–Baltimore Dempsey (17,off Splittorff), Kansas City Otis (10,off McGregor); White (15,off McGregor).  3B–Kansas City G Brett (9,off McGregor).  SH–Wathan (3,off McGregor).  HBP–White (2,by McGregor).  IBB–G Brett (10,by Stoddard).  SB–Sakata (2,3rd base off Splittorff/Porter); Belanger (4,2nd base off Splittorff/Porter).  HBP–McGregor (2,White).  IBB–Stoddard (2,G Brett).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Dallas Parks.  T–2:26.  A–34,913.
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