Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
May 30, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 6, Minnesota Twins 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 1 0
Otis cf 4 1 2 1
Brett 3b 4 1 1 1
Aikens 1b 3 1 0 0
McRae dh 2 0 0 1
White 2b 4 0 1 1
Hurdle rf 4 1 2 2
Wathan c 3 0 0 0
  Grote c 1 0 0 0
Washington ss 4 1 1 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Ward lf 4 0 0 0
Engle rf 3 0 0 0
  Powell ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hatcher cf 4 0 1 0
Wynegar c 4 0 0 0
Castino 3b 4 0 1 0
Jackson R. 1b 3 2 2 0
Mackanin 2b,ss 4 2 2 1
Goodwin dh 4 1 1 3
Baker ss 2 0 1 1
  Wilfong ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Kansas City 000 005 001680
Minnesota 020 300 000580
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura   4.0 7 5 5 0 2
  Wright  W (1-0) 4.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Quisenberry  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
0
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   5.1 4 3 3 1 6
  Jackson   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Verhoeven   2.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Corbett  L (2-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Kansas City Otis (9,off Williams); G Brett (9,off D Jackson); Hurdle (2,off Verhoeven), Minnesota R Jackson (8,off Gura).  HR–Kansas City Hurdle (3,9th inning off Corbett 0 on, 1 out), Minnesota Goodwin (2,4th inning off Gura 2 on, 1 out).  SF–McRae (3,off Verhoeven).  SH–R Jackson (2,off Quisenberry).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Dallas Parks, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:26.  A–8,673.
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