Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
September 19, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1980 at Royals Stadium. 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 3, Kansas City Royals 13

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 1 0
  Picciolo lf 2 0 0 0
Murphy cf 2 0 0 0
  Edwards rf 1 0 0 0
Essian dh 3 0 1 0
Armas rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Klutts 3b 3 1 0 0
Heath c 4 1 2 0
Newman 1b 4 1 1 2
McKay 2b 4 0 1 0
Guerrero ss 4 0 2 1
Kingman p 0 0 0 0
  Beard p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 2 1 0
  Cardenal lf 0 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 1 1 1
  Castillo ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Brett 3b 4 2 2 2
Aikens 1b 4 3 3 1
  LaCock ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 2 2 2
Wathan c 4 2 2 3
Hurdle rf 4 1 3 3
White 2b 4 0 0 0
  Mulliniks 2b 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 1
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 13 16 13
Oakland 000 000 003393
Kansas City 105 043 00x13160
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kingman  L (7-19) 2.1 7 6 5 0 2
  Beard   2.2 4 4 4 1 1
  Jones   1.0 4 3 3 0 1
  Hamilton   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lacey   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
13
12
1
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (13-10) 9.0 9 3 3 3 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
2

  E–Henderson (6), Guerrero (17), Kingman (3).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Oakland Newman (18,off Splittorff), Kansas City Hurdle (29,off Beard).  3B–Kansas City McRae (5,off Kingman); Otis (2,off Kingman); Wathan (7,off Jones).  HBP–Murphy (1,by Splittorff).  SF–G Brett (5,off Kingman); Otis (10,off Beard).  SB–Wilson (71,2nd base off Kingman/Heath); G Brett (14,2nd base off Kingman/Heath).  WP–Splittorff (1).  HBP–Splittorff (1,Murphy).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:30.  A–29,493.
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