Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
October 5, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 5, 1981 at Cleveland Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 9, Cleveland Indians 0

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 1 1 0
  Geronimo rf 0 0 0 0
White 2b 5 0 2 0
Brett 3b 5 2 3 3
Otis cf 5 1 2 1
McRae dh 4 1 1 0
Aikens 1b 5 2 3 1
  Phelps 1b 0 0 0 0
Wathan c 5 1 3 2
  Keatley c 0 0 0 0
Motley rf,lf 5 0 1 0
Washington ss 5 1 2 2
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Hammaker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 9 18 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 3 0 0 0
Bannister rf 3 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0
Thornton dh 2 0 0 0
  Hayes ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 1 0
Bando c 2 0 0 0
Rosello 2b 2 0 0 0
  Pagel ph 1 0 0 0
  Kuiper 2b 0 0 0 0
Manning cf 3 0 0 0
Dybzinski ss 3 0 1 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
Kansas City 022 000 0509180
Cleveland 000 000 000031
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (5-5) 5.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Wright   3.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Hammaker   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
3
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  L (8-10) 7.1 14 7 7 1 5
  Monge   1.2 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
18
9
9
1
6

  E–Bannister (3).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City White (17,off Waits); G Brett (27,off Waits); Wathan (9,off Waits).  HR–Kansas City G Brett (6,8th inning off Monge 2 on, 2 out).  SB–Washington (10,2nd base off Waits/Bando); Bannister (16,2nd base off Splittorff/Wathan); Harrah (12,2nd base off Wright/Wathan); Dilone (29,2nd base off Wright/Wathan).  CS–Washington (10,2nd base by Waits/Bando).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:05.  A–3,006.
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