Kansas City Royals vs California Angels
September 11, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1980 at Anaheim Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the California Angels 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 7, California Angels 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 2 2 0
White 2b 5 0 3 1
McRae dh 4 2 0 0
Aikens 1b 4 2 2 2
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
Porter c 3 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 2 0 1 0
  Cardenal ph,rf 1 0 0 1
Quirk 3b 4 0 1 1
Washington ss 4 1 1 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 5
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Thon ss 4 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0
Carew 1b 3 1 0 0
  Whitmer c 0 0 0 0
Thompson dh 2 1 1 2
Ford rf 4 0 0 0
Grich 2b 4 0 2 0
Clark lf 3 0 0 0
Miller cf 3 0 0 0
Skaggs c 2 0 0 0
  Harris ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Ferris p 0 0 0 0
  Schuler p 0 0 0 0
  Knapp p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Halicki p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Kansas City 003 002 1017101
California 000 200 000243
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (18-9) 9.0 4 2 2 3 6
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
6
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Ferris  L (0-1) 5.1 5 5 2 3 1
  Schuler   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Knapp   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  LaRoche   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Halicki   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
4
4
3

  E–Quirk (6), Thon (3), Lansford (16), Skaggs (1).  DP–Kansas City 2, California 2.  2B–California Grich (20,off Leonard).  3B–Kansas City Wilson (14,off Halicki).  HR–Kansas City Aikens (17,3rd inning off Ferris 1 on, 2 out), California Thompson (18,4th inning off Leonard 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Cardenal (1,off Schuler).  SB–White 2 (18,2nd base off Ferris/Skaggs,2nd base off Knapp/Skaggs); Wilson (62,2nd base off Knapp/Skaggs); McRae (10,2nd base off Halicki/Whitmer).  U-HP–Dallas Parks, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:38.  A–22,844.
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