Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
October 2, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 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."

"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

Seattle Mariners 2, Kansas City Royals 6

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Allen 2b 3 0 0 0
  Craig ph 1 0 0 0
Simpson rf 4 1 2 0
Roberts lf 4 0 1 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 2 0 0 0
  Horton ph 1 0 1 0
  Milbourne pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Walton dh 4 0 1 0
Anderson J. ss 3 0 0 0
  Stein ph 1 0 0 0
  Paciorek cf 0 0 0 0
Edler 3b 2 0 1 0
  Meyer ph 1 0 0 0
Cox c 3 1 0 0
  Narron ph 1 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson R. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 2 1 0
Cardenal rf 2 0 1 1
  Hurdle ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Brett G. 3b 2 1 0 1
McRae dh 4 0 1 3
Wathan c 4 0 1 0
Aikens 1b 4 0 0 0
  Terrell pr 0 0 0 0
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 2 0
Chalk 2b 1 1 0 0
  White 2b 1 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 3 1 0 0
  Mulliniks ss 1 0 0 0
Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Brett K. p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 5
Seattle 000 000 200263
Kansas City 004 010 10x681
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (9-13) 6.0 5 5 5 4 0
  Heaverlo   1.0 2 1 0 0 0
  Anderson   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
4
0
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Martin  W (10-10) 6.2 5 2 0 4 1
  Brett   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
0
4
1

  E–J Anderson (21), Edler 2 (3), Concepcion (3).  DP–Kansas City 1.  PB–L Cox (7).  2B–Seattle Walton (6,off Martin), Kansas City Otis (16,off Bannister); McRae (38,off Bannister).  SF–Cardenal (3,off Bannister); G Brett (6,off Bannister).  SB–Simpson (16,2nd base off Martin/Wathan).  WP–Bannister (7).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:23.  A–15,241.
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