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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1981 at Royals Stadium. 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

Seattle Mariners 8, Kansas City Royals 3

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 5 1 2 0
Meyer 3b 4 1 3 1
  Randle 3b 1 0 1 1
Paciorek lf 5 1 1 1
Zisk dh 4 0 1 1
Bochte 1b 4 1 1 1
Burroughs rf 4 1 2 0
  Henderson rf 0 0 0 0
Simpson cf 4 0 0 0
Serna ss 4 1 2 0
Bulling c 4 2 3 2
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 16 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 1 0
White 2b 4 1 1 1
McRae dh 3 1 2 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Aikens 1b 3 1 0 1
Wathan c 4 0 0 0
Motley rf 4 0 0 0
Chalk 3b 3 0 1 1
Washington ss 4 0 1 0
Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Paschall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Seattle 100 032 1018160
Kansas City 010 001 010370
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  W (8-8) 9.0 7 3 3 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  L (1-3) 5.0 8 5 5 0 1
  Splittorff   3.0 6 2 2 0 0
  Paschall   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
8
8
0
1

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Seattle Burroughs (13,off Wright); Bulling (3,off Wright), Kansas City Chalk (3,off Bannister); McRae (18,off Bannister).  3B–Kansas City Otis (3,off Bannister).  HR–Seattle Paciorek (12,6th inning off Wright 0 on, 0 out); Bochte (5,6th inning off Splittorff 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City White (9,8th inning off Bannister 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–McRae (2,by Bannister).  CS–Meyer (3,2nd base by Wright/Wathan).  WP–Paschall (1).  HBP–Bannister (2,McRae).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:30.  A–24,262.
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