California Angels vs Kansas City Royals
September 17, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The California Angels 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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California Angels 7, Kansas City Royals 4

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Thon ss 4 1 2 0
Carew 1b 3 2 1 0
Lansford 3b 3 2 1 2
Ford rf 4 1 2 0
  Harlow rf 0 0 0 0
Downing dh 3 0 2 5
Grich 2b 4 0 0 0
Clark lf 4 0 0 0
Miller cf 4 0 0 0
Skaggs c 2 0 0 0
  Campaneris pr 0 1 0 0
  Whitmer c 1 0 1 0
Ferris p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 2 0
McRae dh 5 1 2 0
Brett 3b 5 0 2 0
Aikens 1b 5 1 2 1
Porter c 4 0 0 0
Wathan lf 4 0 2 1
Hurdle rf 2 1 1 0
  Cardenal ph,rf 2 0 2 0
White 2b 5 0 0 0
Mulliniks ss 2 0 1 1
  Washington ph,ss 2 1 1 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 15 3
California 301 000 300791
Kansas City 000 121 0004151
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Ferris   5.0 10 3 3 1 2
  LaRoche  W (3-5) 1.0 1 1 0 1 0
  Hassler  SV (9) 3.0 4 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
15
4
3
4
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  L (18-8) 7.0 8 7 7 5 5
  Pattin   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
5
7

  E–Skaggs (2), Porter (8).  DP–California 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–California Ford (11,off Gura); Downing (3,off Gura), Kansas City Wathan (13,off Ferris); Mulliniks (3,off Ferris); McRae (37,off Ferris).  3B–California Carew (7,off Gura).  SH–Carew (9,off Gura).  SF–Lansford (10,off Gura).  HBP–Thon (1,by Gura).  IBB–Lansford (2,by Gura).  SB–Carew (22,2nd base off Gura/Porter); G Brett (13,2nd base off Ferris/Skaggs); Wilson (68,2nd base off LaRoche/Skaggs).  CS–Thon (5,2nd base by Gura/Porter).  HBP–Gura (4,Thon).  IBB–Gura (3,Lansford).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–3:13.  A–25,908.
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