Kansas City Royals vs Philadelphia Phillies
October 21, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 21, 1980 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
Washington ss 3 0 1 1
Brett 3b 4 0 2 0
McRae dh 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 2 0 0 0
  Concepcion pr 0 0 0 0
Wathan c 3 1 2 0
Cardenal rf 4 0 2 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 4 2 1 0
  Gross lf 0 0 0 0
Rose 1b 4 0 3 0
Schmidt 3b 3 0 1 2
McBride rf 4 0 0 1
Luzinski dh 4 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 2 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 1 1 0
Boone c 2 1 1 1
Carlton p 0 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Kansas City 000 000 010172
Philadelphia 002 011 00x490
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  L (0-1) 2.0 4 2 1 1 1
  Martin   2.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Splittorff   1.2 4 1 1 0 0
  Pattin   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Quisenberry   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
3
2
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (2-0) 7.0 4 1 1 3 7
  McGraw  SV (2) 2.0 3 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
5
9

  E–Aikens (2), White (2).  DP–Kansas City 1, Philadelphia 2.  2B–Philadelphia Maddox (2,off Gale); Smith (1,off Martin); Bowa (1,off Splittorff).  SF–Washington (2,off McGraw).  CS–Rose (1,2nd base by Pattin/Wathan).  U–Nick Bremigan (AL), Harry Wendelstedt (NL), Bill Kunkel (AL), Paul Pryor (NL), Dutch Rennert (NL), Don Denkinger (AL).  T–3:00.  A–65,838.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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