Milwaukee Brewers vs Kansas City Royals
September 4, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Kansas City Royals 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

Milwaukee Brewers 9, Kansas City Royals 5

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 2b 5 1 2 0
Yount ss 5 1 3 2
Cooper 1b 5 1 2 1
Thomas cf 4 1 0 0
Oglivie lf 5 1 1 2
Money dh 5 1 3 1
Davis rf 4 1 3 1
Bando 3b 3 1 1 1
Moore c 4 1 1 1
Travers p 0 0 0 0
  Castro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 16 9
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 2 2 0
Washington ss 3 0 1 1
Brett G. 3b 3 1 1 2
McRae dh 5 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Wathan c 4 1 1 0
Cardenal rf 4 0 2 1
LaCock 1b 3 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 1 1
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Brett K. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Milwaukee 100 000 0089160
Kansas City 001 011 2005100
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Travers   6.1 7 5 5 3 1
  Castro  W (1-4) 2.2 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura   8.0 9 3 3 3 4
  Quisenberry  L (11-6) 0.1 7 6 6 1 0
  Brett   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
9
9
4
4

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Milwaukee Molitor 2 (22,off Gura 2); Yount (45,off Gura), Kansas City Cardenal (2,off Travers); Wathan (11,off Travers).  3B–Kansas City Wilson (13,off Travers).  HR–Kansas City White (6,5th inning off Travers 0 on, 1 out); G Brett (19,7th inning off Travers 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Thomas (2,by Quisenberry).  SF–Washington (2,off Travers).  HBP–LaCock (1,by Travers).  SB–Bando (4,2nd base off Gura/Wathan).  CS–Davis (3,2nd base by Gura/Wathan).  HBP–Travers (5,LaCock).  IBB–Quisenberry (12,Thomas).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:43.  A–21,898.
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