Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
September 12, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1980 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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)
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Kansas City Royals 5, Oakland Athletics 9

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 1 3 0
Washington ss 5 0 1 0
McRae dh 5 0 1 0
Aikens 1b 4 1 2 2
Porter c 5 2 2 0
Otis cf 1 0 1 0
Hurdle rf 3 0 2 2
Quirk 3b 4 0 0 0
Mulliniks 2b 3 0 1 0
  LaCock ph 1 1 1 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Brett p 0 0 0 0
  Chamberlain p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 14 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 2 0 0
Murphy cf 5 1 2 0
Page dh 5 2 3 3
Armas rf 3 0 0 1
Gross 3b,1b 4 2 2 1
Davis 1b 3 0 1 0
  Heath ph 0 0 0 0
  Klutts 3b 1 0 1 1
Newman c 5 1 1 0
McKay 2b 3 0 2 2
Picciolo ss 4 1 2 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 14 8
Kansas City 021 001 0015142
Oakland 102 000 33x9141
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale   2.1 4 3 3 1 1
  Brett   3.0 5 0 0 1 2
  Chamberlain  L (0-1) 0.2 1 2 2 1 0
  Jones   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Quisenberry   1.2 4 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
5
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  W (16-11) 9.0 14 5 4 2 8
Totals
9.0
14
5
4
2
8

  E–Aikens (11), Quirk (7), Gross (12).  DP–Kansas City 1, Oakland 1.  PB–Porter (10).  2B–Kansas City Porter (14,off Langford), Oakland McKay (13,off Quisenberry); Klutts (10,off Quisenberry).  3B–Oakland Gross (3,off Quisenberry).  HR–Kansas City Aikens (18,2nd inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Page 2 (16,1st inning off Gale 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Chamberlain 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Otis (2,off Langford); McKay (9,off K Brett).  SF–Hurdle (5,off Langford); Aikens (8,off Langford); Armas (4,off Quisenberry).  IBB–Heath (2,by Jones).  SB–Otis (12,2nd base off Langford/Newman); Wilson (63,2nd base off Langford/Newman); Picciolo (1,3rd base off Gale/Porter); Henderson 2 (77,2nd base off Gale/Porter,2nd base off Quisenberry/Porter).  IBB–Jones (1,Heath).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–3:05.  A–17,440.
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