Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
September 14, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1980 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics 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 4, Oakland Athletics 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 0 0
White 2b 5 0 1 0
Wathan lf 3 0 0 0
Aikens dh 4 0 2 2
  Concepcion pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Porter c 4 0 0 0
Quirk 3b 4 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 4 1 2 0
LaCock 1b 3 1 2 1
Washington ss 4 1 1 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 2 3 0
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Heath dh 3 0 0 0
  Gross ph,dh 1 0 1 1
Armas rf 4 0 2 1
Essian c 4 0 0 0
Newman 1b 4 0 0 0
Klutts 3b 4 1 2 0
McKay 2b 4 0 2 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 1 0
Kingman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 2
Kansas City 002 101 000481
Oakland 110 000 0103112
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (12-10) 7.0 7 2 1 0 1
  Quisenberry  SV (33) 2.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
2
0
2
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kingman  L (7-18) 9.0 8 4 3 3 4
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
3
4

  E–Hurdle (8), Newman (15), McKay (8).  DP–Oakland 1.  PB–Essian (3).  2B–Kansas City Hurdle (28,off Kingman); White (19,off Kingman), Oakland McKay (15,off Splittorff).  HR–Kansas City LaCock (1,6th inning off Kingman 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Wathan (15,2nd base off Kingman/Essian).  CS–Henderson (22,2nd base by Splittorff/Porter).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:20.  A–10,756.
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