Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
September 28, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1980 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 7, Minnesota Twins 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Mulliniks ss 5 0 3 0
  Washington pr 0 0 0 0
LaCock lf,1b 4 2 1 0
  White pr 0 0 0 0
Quirk 3b 5 1 1 0
Aikens dh 4 1 2 1
Porter c 4 1 2 1
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 2 0 0 0
  McRae ph 0 1 0 0
  Wathan rf 1 0 0 0
Phelps 1b 2 0 0 0
  Cardenal ph 0 0 0 0
  Brett ph 1 1 1 4
  Terrell lf 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Castillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Chamberlain p 0 0 0 0
  Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Ward lf 5 2 3 3
Castino 3b,ss 5 0 2 0
Landreaux cf 3 0 1 0
Smalley ss 2 0 0 1
  Faedo ss 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph,3b 1 1 0 1
Morales dh 2 0 0 0
  Adams ph,dh 1 1 1 2
Wynegar c 3 1 0 0
Mackanin 2b 2 1 1 0
  Wilfong ph,2b 2 0 2 1
Jackson 1b 3 1 1 0
Rivera rf 1 1 0 0
  Powell ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Kinnunen p 0 0 0 0
  Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 11 8
Kansas City 102 004 0007110
Minnesota 030 010 40x8112
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   4.0 6 4 4 3 0
  Chamberlain   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Gale  L (13-9) 1.2 4 4 4 1 1
  Quisenberry   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
5
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson   2.2 5 3 2 0 2
  Kinnunen   2.2 2 3 3 1 1
  Redfern  W (7-7) 3.0 4 1 1 1 2
  Corbett  SV (22) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
2
5

  E–Landreaux (6), Smalley (17).  DP–Kansas City 2, Minnesota 2.  2B–Kansas City LaCock (6,off Erickson), Minnesota Ward (4,off Splittorff); Wilfong (16,off Quisenberry).  3B–Minnesota Landreaux (11,off Splittorff).  HR–Kansas City G Brett (22,6th inning off Redfern 3 on, 1 out), Minnesota Adams (6,7th inning off Gale 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Smalley (9,off Chamberlain).  IBB–Adams (1,by Chamberlain).  IBB–Chamberlain (2,Adams).  U–Mike Reilly, Ken Kaiser, Bill Haller.  T–2:42.  A–6,938.
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