Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
August 29, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1980 at Royals 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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Texas Rangers 3, Kansas City Royals 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 0 1 1
Wills 2b 5 0 0 0
Oliver lf 3 1 1 1
Bell 3b 3 0 1 0
  Roberts 3b 1 0 1 0
Staub dh 4 0 1 0
Putnam 1b 3 0 0 0
Grubb rf 3 1 0 0
Sundberg c 3 1 1 1
Frias ss 3 0 0 0
  Norris ph 1 0 0 0
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Babcock p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 1 2 0
McRae dh 4 2 3 4
Brett 3b 5 1 2 1
Porter c 4 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 4 0 1 0
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 1 1 0
Hurdle rf 3 1 1 0
White 2b 4 1 2 0
Washington ss 4 0 2 1
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 14 6
Texas 000 001 002361
Kansas City 200 010 22x7141
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  L (3-8) 6.1 9 5 4 1 1
  Babcock   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lyle   1.1 5 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
7
6
1
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (16-8) 8.2 6 3 3 4 2
  Quisenberry   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
2

  E–Wills (11), Aikens (8).  2B–Texas Bell (22,off Leonard); Staub (21,off Leonard); Roberts (3,off Leonard); Sundberg (18,off Leonard), Kansas City G Brett (30,off Figueroa).  HR–Texas Oliver (16,6th inning off Leonard 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City McRae 2 (11,1st inning off Figueroa 0 on, 1 out,5th inning off Figueroa 0 on, 2 out); G Brett (17,1st inning off Figueroa 0 on, 1 out).  SF–McRae (3,off Babcock).  SB–Wilson 2 (56,2nd base off Figueroa/Sundberg,2nd base off Babcock/Sundberg).  CS–White (6,2nd base by Figueroa/Sundberg).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:29.  A–32,781.
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