Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 27, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1981 at Exhibition Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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 11, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 0 0
White 2b 5 0 1 1
Brett 3b 6 3 4 0
Aikens 1b 5 3 3 4
McRae dh 3 0 1 2
Quirk c 5 0 1 0
Motley rf 3 1 1 0
  Wathan ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Geronimo lf 3 2 1 1
Mulliniks ss 5 1 2 2
Hammaker p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 14 10
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 1 0
Iorg 2b 4 0 1 0
Woods lf 4 0 1 0
Velez 1b 4 2 2 1
Bell dh 2 1 1 1
  Mayberry ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Moseby cf 4 1 2 0
Macha 3b 4 0 0 0
Ainge rf 4 1 1 2
Martinez c 2 0 0 1
  Upshaw ph 1 0 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Mirabella p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Garvin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Kansas City 001 512 02011141
Toronto 010 400 000591
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hammaker   3.1 6 5 5 1 1
  Martin  W (3-5) 4.2 3 0 0 0 3
  Wright   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
1
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  L (3-8) 3.2 6 6 6 4 1
  McLaughlin   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Mirabella   1.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Todd   2.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Garvin   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
11
11
6
4

  E–G Brett (10), Iorg (6).  2B–Kansas City Mulliniks 2 (3,off Clancy,off Mirabella); G Brett 2 (15,off Mirabella,off Garvin); Aikens (12,off Mirabella), Toronto Griffin (15,off Hammaker); Iorg (6,off Martin); Woods (8,off Martin).  3B–Toronto Ainge (2,off Hammaker).  HR–Kansas City Aikens (11,4th inning off Clancy 1 on, 2 out), Toronto Velez (10,2nd inning off Hammaker 0 on, 0 out).  SF–McRae (5,off Clancy).  HBP–Motley (1,by Clancy); Wathan (2,by Todd).  SB–G Brett (7,2nd base off Todd/Martinez).  HBP–Clancy (5,Motley); Todd (4,Wathan).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:51.  A–14,704.
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