Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners
May 25, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1981 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners 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, Seattle Mariners 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Geronimo rf 4 0 1 0
McRae lf 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 1 1 0
Aikens 1b 3 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 1
Quirk c 4 0 1 0
Phelps dh 3 0 1 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
  Chalk 2b 0 0 0 0
Washington ss 3 0 0 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 0 1 1
Anderson ss 5 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 3 0 1 0
Zisk dh 3 0 1 0
  Meyer ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Burroughs rf 2 3 1 0
  Simpson pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Gray 1b 4 3 3 4
Henderson cf,rf 5 1 1 1
Bulling c 4 0 3 1
Cruz 2b 3 0 1 0
Allard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 7
Kansas City 000 000 001160
Seattle 032 000 20x7121
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  L (4-4) 3.0 6 5 5 4 1
  Wright   5.0 6 2 2 3 4
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
7
5
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Allard  W (2-1) 9.0 6 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
5

  E–Cruz (5).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Kansas City G Brett (8,off Allard); Otis (7,off Allard), Seattle Randle (3,off Gura); Burroughs (2,off Wright).  HR–Seattle Gray 2 (10,2nd inning off Gura 1 on, 0 out,7th inning off Wright 1 on, 0 out); Henderson (5,2nd inning off Gura 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Randle (1,off Gura).  HBP–Cruz (2,by Gura).  IBB–Gray (1,by Wright).  CS–Otis (2,2nd base by Allard/Bulling).  SB–Cruz (21,2nd base off Gura/Quirk).  HBP–Gura (2,Cruz).  IBB–Wright (4,Gray).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:29.
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