Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
May 22, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1981 at Royals Stadium. The Minnesota Twins 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)
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Minnesota Twins 7, Kansas City Royals 0

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Ward lf 5 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 5 1 1 0
Hatcher cf 4 2 1 0
Smalley ss 1 0 0 0
  Mackanin ss 2 0 0 0
Castino 3b 3 2 2 3
Wynegar dh 3 1 1 1
Goodwin 1b 3 1 1 0
Butera c 4 0 1 3
Engle rf 4 0 0 0
Koosman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 7 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
Wathan rf,c 3 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 4 0 2 0
Washington ss 4 0 1 0
Chalk 3b 3 0 1 0
Grote c 2 0 1 0
  May ph 1 0 1 0
  Geronimo pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
Minnesota 200 002 003770
Kansas City 000 000 000061
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (2-6) 9.0 6 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  L (4-5) 8.0 6 7 6 3 5
  Quisenberry   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
7
6
3
6

  E–Aikens (2).  2B–Minnesota Hatcher (13,off Leonard); Wynegar (1,off Leonard); Castino (6,off Leonard).  3B–Minnesota Butera (1,off Quisenberry).  HR–Minnesota Castino (3,6th inning off Leonard 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Castino (1,off Leonard).  IBB–Smalley (3,by Leonard); Goodwin (1,by Leonard).  IBB–Leonard 2 (3,Smalley,Goodwin).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:20.  A–34,052.
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