Kansas City Royals vs Milwaukee Brewers
April 24, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1981 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Kansas City Royals 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

Kansas City Royals 1, Milwaukee Brewers 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 0 1 0
Washington ss 3 0 1 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 4 1 2 1
McRae dh 4 0 3 0
Otis lf 4 0 1 0
Wathan c 3 0 0 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
Geronimo rf 4 0 1 0
Mulliniks 2b 2 0 0 0
  Chalk ph,2b 1 0 1 0
  Phelps ph 1 0 0 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 10 1
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Edwards cf 4 1 1 0
Yount ss 4 0 0 0
Cooper 1b 3 2 2 0
Oglivie lf 2 2 1 3
Simmons dh 3 1 1 3
Howell 3b 2 0 1 0
  Money 3b 1 0 0 0
Thomas rf 4 0 0 0
Gantner 2b 3 0 0 0
Yost c 3 0 0 0
Slaton p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 6 6
Kansas City 000 001 0001100
Milwaukee 300 000 03x660
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  L (1-1) 7.1 5 5 5 5 6
  Quisenberry   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
6
6
5
6
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Slaton  W (2-1) 5.2 7 1 1 3 3
  Cleveland   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Easterly   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Fingers   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1, Milwaukee 3.  HR–Kansas City Aikens (2,6th inning off Slaton 0 on, 2 out), Milwaukee Oglivie (3,1st inning off Gale 2 on, 1 out); Simmons (2,8th inning off Quisenberry 2 on, 1 out).  CS–Washington (3,2nd base by Slaton/Yost).  SB–Cooper (2,2nd base off Gale/Wathan).  U–Mike Reilly, Lou DiMuro, Nick Bremigan.  T–2:35.  A–12,397.
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