Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 14, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1981 at Royals Stadium. The Texas Rangers 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

Texas Rangers 3, Kansas City Royals 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 4 0 0 0
Rivers cf 4 0 2 0
Oliver dh 4 1 1 0
Bell 3b 3 1 1 1
Roberts lf 4 0 1 1
Grubb rf 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
Putnam 1b 3 1 1 1
Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Comer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 1 1 0
Brett 3b 2 1 1 0
  Quirk 3b 2 0 1 0
  Garcia pr 0 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 3 0 1 1
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Wathan c 2 0 1 1
  Phelps ph 1 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 1 0
Geronimo rf 3 0 0 0
Washington ss 3 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Texas 200 000 010360
Kansas City 000 200 000261
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  W (3-2) 8.0 6 2 2 1 4
  Johnson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Comer  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  L (0-3) 8.1 6 3 3 0 2
  Martin   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
2

  E–Washington (3).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Texas Bell (5,off Splittorff), Kansas City White (3,off Medich); Quirk (4,off Medich).  HR–Texas Putnam (3,8th inning off Splittorff 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Bell (1,by Martin).  SF–Wathan (1,off Medich).  SB–Rivers (4,2nd base off Splittorff/Wathan).  CS–Roberts (1,2nd base by Splittorff/Wathan); Wathan (2,2nd base by Medich/Sundberg).  IBB–Martin (2,Bell).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:16.  A–25,892.
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