Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
May 29, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1981 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 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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Kansas City Royals 3, Minnesota Twins 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 3 0 1 2
McRae dh 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 1 1
Wathan c 4 0 0 0
Geronimo rf 3 0 0 0
Washington ss 3 1 1 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 4 0 0 0
Hatcher cf 4 0 1 0
Adams dh 3 0 0 0
Castino 3b 4 1 1 1
Wynegar c 4 0 2 0
Goodwin 1b 2 0 2 0
Mackanin ss 4 0 0 0
Sofield lf 4 0 1 0
Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Kansas City 000 100 011350
Minnesota 000 000 100171
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  W (3-3) 7.0 4 1 1 3 1
  Quisenberry  SV (6) 2.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
1
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Arroyo  L (2-4) 7.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Corbett   2.0 1 1 1 4 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
5
2

  E–Mackanin (6).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Wilson (4,off Arroyo); Otis (8,off Arroyo).  HR–Kansas City White (3,9th inning off Corbett 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Castino (4,7th inning off Gale 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Otis (1,off Corbett).  IBB–G Brett (3,by Corbett).  SB–Goodwin (1,2nd base off Gale/Wathan).  WP–Arroyo (1).  IBB–Corbett (5,G Brett).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Dallas Parks, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:30.  A–6,734.
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