Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
August 19, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 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 4, Texas Rangers 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
Washington ss 4 2 1 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 1 2 1
Otis cf 4 1 2 2
Wathan c 4 0 1 0
Aikens 1b 4 0 2 1
  Mulliniks pr 0 0 0 0
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Torres rf 2 0 0 0
  Chalk ph 1 0 0 0
  Hurdle rf 1 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Twitty p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 0 3 2
Wills 2b 5 0 1 0
Oliver lf 4 1 1 0
Bell 3b 2 0 0 0
Zisk dh 4 0 1 1
  Sample pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Putnam 1b 4 0 0 0
Grubb rf 4 1 1 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0
Frias ss 1 0 0 0
  Norris ph 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ss 2 1 0 0
  Staub ph 0 0 0 0
Matlack p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Kansas City 100 000 003483
Texas 000 010 110381
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard   7.1 8 3 2 2 5
  Twitty  W (2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Quisenberry  SV (27) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
2
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack   8.1 5 3 2 1 3
  Darwin  L (10-2) 0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Johnson   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
1
3

  E–Washington 2 (24), G Brett (13), Roberts (7).  2B–Kansas City McRae (31,off Matlack), Texas Rivers (27,off Leonard).  SH–Bell (4,off Leonard).  CS–G Brett (5,2nd base by Matlack/Sundberg).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:36.  A–17,800.
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