Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners
September 19, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 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 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 1 0
White 2b 4 0 3 0
Brett G. 3b 4 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 3 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 0 1 0
Wathan c 2 0 0 0
  Quirk ph 0 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 3 0 1 0
  Motley ph 1 0 0 0
Washington ss 4 0 0 0
Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Brett K. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 0
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 0 2 0
Simpson cf 5 0 1 0
Paciorek lf 3 0 0 0
Zisk dh 2 1 1 1
  Allen pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 2 0 0 0
Burroughs rf 4 1 2 0
  Parsons pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Meyer 3b 4 1 1 2
  Randle 3b 0 0 0 0
Serna ss 4 1 3 1
Narron c 3 0 1 0
  Walton ph 1 0 0 0
  Firova c 0 0 0 0
Beattie p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 11 4
Kansas City 000 000 010160
Seattle 000 004 00x4111
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  L (1-2) 5.1 5 2 2 3 3
  Splittorff   0.1 4 2 2 0 1
  Martin   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Brett   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
4
4
5
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Beattie  W (3-2) 8.0 6 1 1 3 6
  Rawley  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
7

  E–Serna (4).  DP–Kansas City 2, Seattle 1.  PB–Narron (5).  2B–Kansas City White (14,off Beattie).  HR–Seattle Zisk (15,6th inning off Wright 0 on, 0 out); Meyer (1,6th inning off Splittorff 1 on, 1 out); Serna (3,6th inning off Splittorff 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Cruz (3,by Wright).  SB–White (4,2nd base off Beattie/Narron); Wilson (26,3rd base off Beattie/Narron); Allen (2,2nd base off Martin/Wathan).  WP–Beattie (2).  BK–Beattie (1).  HBP–Wright (2,Cruz).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:41.  A–12,959.
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