Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
August 18, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1980 at Arlington Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers 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, Texas Rangers 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 1 0
McRae dh 4 2 2 0
Brett 3b 5 3 3 0
Porter c 3 0 1 2
Aikens 1b 5 1 2 4
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 5 0 1 0
Hurdle rf 5 0 1 0
White 2b 5 0 0 0
Washington ss 3 0 0 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Twitty p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 3 1 1 0
Wills 2b 3 0 0 0
  Roberts 2b 1 0 1 0
Oliver lf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 1 2 2
Zisk dh 4 0 0 0
Putnam 1b 4 1 2 1
Grubb rf 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
Frias ss 3 0 1 0
  Norris ph 1 0 0 0
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Kansas City 103 200 0006110
Texas 000 002 100372
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  W (12-7) 7.0 7 3 3 1 4
  Twitty   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Quisenberry  SV (26) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  L (3-7) 2.1 7 4 4 1 0
  Hough   6.2 4 2 1 4 4
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
5
4

  E–Bell (7), Grubb (4).  PB–Sundberg (16).  2B–Kansas City Porter (10,off Figueroa); McRae (30,off Figueroa).  HR–Kansas City Aikens (14,3rd inning off Figueroa 1 on, 1 out), Texas Bell (14,6th inning off Gale 1 on, 2 out); Putnam (8,7th inning off Gale 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Porter (5,off Figueroa).  SB–Wilson (51,2nd base off Hough/Sundberg).  U–Jim McKean, Larry Barnett, Nick Bremigan.  T–2:48.  A–17,609.
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