Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
September 30, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 5, Kansas City Royals 7

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 7 0 1 0
Simpson rf 6 1 1 0
Craig cf 6 0 1 0
Bochte dh 5 2 3 2
Meyer lf,1b 6 0 1 0
Paciorek 1b 4 1 2 0
  Allen pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Narron c 2 0 1 2
  Anderson pr 0 0 0 0
  Cox c 0 0 0 0
  Beniquez ph 1 0 0 0
  Hill c 2 0 0 0
Edler 3b 6 0 2 1
Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Milbourne ph,ss 3 0 0 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Parrott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 5 12 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 7 2 3 0
Washington ss 5 2 4 0
Brett 3b 6 1 3 4
McRae dh 6 1 3 0
Otis cf 6 1 2 2
Aikens 1b 4 0 1 1
  LaCock 1b 2 0 1 0
  Terrell pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Porter c 6 0 0 0
Cardenal rf 1 0 0 0
  Hurdle ph,rf 2 0 0 0
  Wathan ph,rf,1b 3 0 1 0
White 2b 6 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 54 7 18 7
Seattle 100 200 001 000 015122
Kansas City 001 002 100 000 037181
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt   2.2 4 1 1 1 0
  McLaughlin   2.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Roberts   4.0 4 1 1 0 1
  Parrott  L (1-15) 4.0 6 3 3 1 1
Totals
13.0
18
7
7
2
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard   10.0 10 4 4 2 3
  Quisenberry  W (12-7) 4.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
14.0
12
5
5
4
3

  E–Edler (1), Parrott (2), Leonard (1).  DP–Seattle 2, Kansas City 3.  2B–Seattle Bochte (33,off Leonard); Narron (2,off Leonard).  3B–Seattle Meyer (6,off Quisenberry), Kansas City Wilson (15,off Honeycutt); Otis (3,off McLaughlin).  HR–Seattle Bochte (13,9th inning off Leonard 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City G Brett (23,14th inning off Parrott 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Milbourne (15,off Leonard); Washington (10,off Parrott).  IBB–Allen 2 (2,by Quisenberry 2); G Brett (15,by Parrott).  SB–Simpson (15,2nd base off Leonard/Porter); Wilson 2 (76,2nd base off McLaughlin/Narron,2nd base off Parrott/Hill).  CS–Wilson (9,2nd base by Honeycutt/Narron).  IBB–Parrott (9,G Brett); Quisenberry 2 (15,Allen 2).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–3:59.  A–17,272.
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