Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
September 5, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1980 at Cleveland 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 2, Cleveland Indians 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 1 1
Washington ss 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 0 1 0
McRae dh 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Wathan 1b 4 0 1 0
Porter c 4 0 0 0
Cardenal rf 2 1 1 0
White 2b 3 1 2 1
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf,cf 4 1 1 0
Orta rf 4 0 1 1
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Charboneau dh 3 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 3 0 1 0
Bannister 2b,lf 3 0 1 0
Diaz c 3 0 0 0
Manning cf 2 0 0 0
  Alexander ph 0 0 0 0
  Dybzinski pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Kansas City 000 020 000271
Cleveland 000 100 000140
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (11-9) 9.0 4 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  L (10-13) 9.0 7 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
3

  E–Wathan (5).  DP–Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1.  2B–Kansas City White (17,off Waits); G Brett (31,off Waits); Wathan (12,off Waits), Cleveland Bannister (17,off Splittorff).  3B–Kansas City White (4,off Waits).  U–Al Clark, Larry McCoy, Steve Palermo.  T–1:51.  A–21,808.
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