Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
August 13, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 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 1, Kansas City Royals 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 0 0 0
Kelly dh 3 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0
Lowenstein lf 4 0 0 0
Graham c 4 0 2 0
DeCinces 3b 1 0 0 0
  Sakata 2b 2 0 0 0
Dauer 2b,3b 3 1 2 0
Garcia ss 3 0 1 1
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Ford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 1 0
White 2b 3 1 0 0
Brett 3b 4 1 2 1
Porter c 3 1 0 0
Aikens dh 4 1 1 3
Otis cf 3 1 2 0
Wathan rf 3 0 1 0
LaCock 1b 3 0 0 1
Washington ss 3 0 2 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 9 5
Baltimore 001 000 000161
Kansas City 400 001 10x690
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  L (12-9) 7.0 8 6 6 5 1
  Ford   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
5
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  W (11-7) 9.0 6 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
3

  E–Sakata (2).  DP–Baltimore 3.  2B–Baltimore Murray (26,off Gale); Garcia (7,off Gale), Kansas City Otis (11,off Palmer).  3B–Kansas City Wilson (12,off Palmer).  HR–Kansas City Aikens (13,1st inning off Palmer 2 on, 1 out).  CS–Kelly (2,2nd base by Gale/Porter); Washington (6,2nd base by Palmer/Graham).  SB–G Brett (10,2nd base off Palmer/Graham); LaCock (1,2nd base off Palmer/Graham).  WP–Gale (6).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Dallas Parks, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:13.  A–35,600.
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