Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
September 13, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 2, Oakland Athletics 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 0 2 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Wathan c 4 1 1 1
Aikens 1b 3 1 1 0
McRae dh 3 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 4 0 0 0
Washington ss 4 0 2 1
Chalk 3b 2 0 0 0
  Quirk ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 2 2 1
Murphy cf 4 1 2 3
Page dh 5 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 0 0
Essian c 2 0 0 0
Newman 1b 2 0 1 0
Klutts 3b 4 0 0 0
McKay 2b 3 2 2 0
Picciolo ss 2 1 2 2
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 9 6
Kansas City 000 002 000280
Oakland 220 002 00x690
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  L (18-7) 8.0 9 6 6 6 3
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
6
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  W (12-13) 9.0 8 2 2 2 9
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Oakland McKay (14,off Gura).  HR–Kansas City Wathan (5,6th inning off McCatty 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Murphy (12,1st inning off Gura 1 on, 0 out); Picciolo (3,2nd inning off Gura 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–McRae (8,by McCatty); McKay (6,by Gura).  SH–Picciolo 2 (8,off Gura 2); Murphy (20,off Gura).  IBB–Henderson (6,by Gura).  SB–Wilson 2 (65,3rd base off McCatty/Essian,2nd base off McCatty/Essian); White (19,2nd base off McCatty/Essian); Washington 2 (18,2nd base off McCatty/Essian 2); Henderson 2 (79,2nd base off Gura/Wathan,3rd base off Gura/Wathan).  CS–Washington (7,2nd base by McCatty/Essian).  HBP–Gura (3,McKay); McCatty (7,McRae).  IBB–Gura (2,Henderson).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:37.  A–11,253.
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