New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
October 8, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 8, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Yankees 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

New York Yankees 2, Kansas City Royals 7

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 5 0 2 0
Dent ss 4 0 2 0
Watson 1b 4 0 2 0
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Soderholm dh 4 0 1 0
Cerone c 4 1 1 1
Piniella lf 3 1 1 1
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
Brown cf 4 0 0 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 0 1 2
Washington ss 4 0 1 0
Brett 3b 3 2 2 1
McRae dh 3 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 2 2 0
Wathan rf 1 1 0 0
  Hurdle rf 0 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 4 0 1 2
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
Porter c 4 1 0 0
White 2b 4 1 3 2
Gura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 10 7
New York 020 000 0002101
Kansas City 022 000 12x7100
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry  L (0-1) 3.0 5 4 4 4 2
  Davis   4.0 3 1 1 1 3
  Underwood   1.0 2 2 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
7
5
5
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  W (1-0) 9.0 10 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
1
4

  E–Watson (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Randolph (1,off Gura); Rodriguez (1,off Gura); Watson (1,off Gura), Kansas City Brett (1,off Guidry); White (1,off Guidry); Otis (1,off Guidry); Wilson (1,off Underwood).  HR–New York Cerone (1,2nd inning off Gura 0 on, 1 out); Piniella (1,2nd inning off Gura 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City Brett (1,7th inning off Davis 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Dent (1,off Gura).  HBP–McRae (1,by Davis).  IBB–Wathan (1,by Guidry).  SB–Otis (1,2nd base off Guidry/Cerone); White (1,2nd base off Davis/Cerone).  CS–Washington (1,2nd base by Guidry/Cerone); McRae (1,2nd base by Davis/Cerone).  WP–Guidry (1).  HBP–Davis (1,McRae).  IBB–Guidry (1,Wathan).  U–Steve Palermo, Joe Brinkman, Larry McCoy, Bill Haller, George Maloney, Ken Kaiser.  T–3:00.  A–42,598.
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