Kansas City Royals vs Milwaukee Brewers
June 15, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1979 at County Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 14, Milwaukee Brewers 11

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 6 4 4 6
Brett 3b 3 0 1 0
  Quirk c 3 1 3 0
Otis cf 6 1 2 1
Cowens rf 5 1 2 0
Scott 1b,3b 5 2 2 2
Porter c 2 0 1 1
  Terrell 3b 2 0 1 0
  LaCock ph,1b 0 0 0 1
Wathan dh 5 2 1 0
White 2b 5 1 2 1
Patek ss 3 0 1 0
  Cruz pr,ss 0 1 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Washington ss 1 1 1 1
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 14 21 13
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 2b 6 2 4 0
Cooper 1b 6 1 2 0
Bando 3b 5 2 2 3
Thomas cf 4 0 1 1
Oglivie lf 4 1 0 0
Lezcano rf 3 2 2 1
Yount ss 4 1 1 0
Davis dh 4 1 1 4
Moore c 5 1 1 2
Caldwell p 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  Castro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 14 11
Kansas City 000 213 00814211
Milwaukee 312 500 00011141
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   2.2 7 6 6 3 1
  Rodriguez   3.1 7 5 5 3 1
  Mingori  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Pattin  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
11
11
7
2
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Caldwell   6.0 12 6 5 0 0
  Mitchell   2.1 4 4 4 0 0
  Cleveland  L (1-4) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Castro   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
21
14
13
0
0

  E–Patek (13), Molitor (10).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Quirk (1,off Castro).  HR–Kansas City Wilson 2 (4,6th inning off Caldwell 2 on, 2 out,9th inning off Castro 2 on, 2 out), Milwaukee Bando (5,1st inning off Splittorff 2 on, 0 out); Moore (2,3rd inning off Splittorff 1 on, 2 out); Davis (5,4th inning off Rodriguez 3 on, 1 out).  SF–LaCock (3,off Cleveland).  SB–Molitor 2 (15,2nd base off Splittorff/Porter,3rd base off Splittorff/Porter).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Dallas Parks.  T–3:21.  A–32,812.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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