Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
May 1, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1981 at Arlington Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers 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 4, Texas Rangers 0

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 1 0 0 0
  Garcia lf 4 0 0 0
McRae dh 5 2 2 0
Brett 3b 5 1 4 0
Aikens 1b 2 0 1 1
Otis cf 3 1 2 2
Wathan c 5 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 1 1
Geronimo rf 4 0 1 0
Washington ss 3 0 0 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 12 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 4 0 0 0
Rivers cf 4 0 2 0
Oliver dh 4 0 1 0
Ellis 1b 4 0 1 0
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
Roberts lf 3 0 1 0
Stein 3b 3 0 0 0
Grubb rf 3 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 3 0 1 0
Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Kansas City 000 110 1014120
Texas 000 000 000060
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  W (2-2) 9.0 6 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Comer  L (2-1) 5.0 7 2 2 4 0
  Hough   3.1 4 2 2 2 5
  Schmidt   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
6
6

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2, Texas 1.  2B–Kansas City McRae (2,off Comer); G Brett (3,off Hough), Texas Roberts (2,off Gura); Mendoza (2,off Gura).  SF–White (1,off Comer).  IBB–Aikens 2 (2,by Comer,by Hough).  SB–Wathan (2,2nd base off Comer/Sundberg); G Brett (1,2nd base off Hough/Sundberg).  CS–G Brett (1,2nd base by Comer/Sundberg).  WP–Comer (1).  IBB–Comer (2,Aikens); Hough (1,Aikens).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:32.  A–26,520.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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