Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
August 23, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 2, Kansas City Royals 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 4 1 1 0
Orta rf 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 3 0 1 1
Hassey c 3 0 1 0
  Dybzinski pr 0 0 0 0
  Diaz c 0 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0
Charboneau dh 4 1 1 0
Bannister 2b 3 0 2 0
Manning cf 4 0 2 1
Veryzer ss 4 0 0 0
Garland p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 2 0
McRae dh 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 3 0 1 0
  Torres pr 0 0 0 0
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
Porter c 4 1 0 0
Otis cf 2 1 1 0
Hurdle rf 2 1 1 2
White 2b 3 0 1 1
Washington ss 3 0 1 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 7 3
Cleveland 100 100 000280
Kansas City 010 000 20x370
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garland  L (6-6) 6.2 6 3 3 2 1
  Cruz   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
3
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  W (13-7) 7.0 8 2 2 4 0
  Quisenberry  SV (28) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
2

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 2, Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Hurdle (25,off Garland).  3B–Cleveland Charboneau (2,off Gale).  SF–Hurdle (4,off Garland).  IBB–G Brett (13,by Cruz).  SB–Dilone 2 (47,2nd base off Gale/Porter 2); Otis (7,2nd base off Garland/Hassey); White (12,2nd base off Cruz/Hassey); Wilson (52,2nd base off Cruz/Diaz).  IBB–Cruz (7,G Brett).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:21.  A–40,192.
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