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Brewers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
September 3, 1980
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Milwaukee Brewers, played on September 3, 1980 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 3, 1980 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Milwaukee Brewers
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 3, 1980 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Milwaukee Brewers |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lary Sorensen |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dennis Leonard |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 23,037 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 46 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Haller 1B: Ken Kaiser 2B: Mark Johnson 3B: Russ Goetz |
Milwaukee Brewers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Gantner | Second Baseman |
| Robin Yount | Shortstop |
| Cecil Cooper | First Baseman |
| Gorman Thomas | Center Fielder |
| Ben Oglivie | Left Fielder |
| Don Money | Third Baseman |
| John Poff | DH |
| Vic Harris | Right Fielder |
| Buck Martinez | Catcher |
| George Bamberger | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Willie Wilson | Center Fielder |
| Hal McRae | DH |
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Darrell Porter | Catcher |
| Willie Aikens | First Baseman |
| Clint Hurdle | Right Fielder |
| John Wathan | Left Fielder |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| U L Washington | Shortstop |
| Jim Frey | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Brewers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
September 3, 1980
Top 1
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Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantner vs. Leonard
Gantner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yount vs. Leonard
Yount hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Leonard
Cooper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Leonard
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Sorensen
Wilson hits a fly ball into right field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Sorensen
McRae hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Sorensen
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Leonard
Oglivie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Money vs. Leonard
Money takes first base on ball four. Oglivie moves to second. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Poff vs. Leonard
Poff strikes out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harris vs. Leonard
Harris strikes out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Martinez vs. Leonard
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Sorensen
Porter hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aikens vs. Sorensen
Aikens hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hurdle vs. Sorensen
Hurdle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wathan vs. Sorensen
Wathan hits a fly ball into right field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantner vs. Leonard
Gantner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yount vs. Leonard
Yount hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Leonard
Cooper hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wathan. Cooper reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Leonard
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play
Bottom 3
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Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Sorensen
White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gantner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Sorensen
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Yount misplays the ball. That's an error on Yount. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Sorensen
Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Washington moves to second. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McRae vs. Sorensen
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Yount fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Leonard
Oglivie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Money vs. Leonard
Money hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Poff vs. Leonard
Poff hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oglivie moves to second. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harris vs. Leonard
Harris hits a ball on the ground for a double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Sorensen
Brett takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Sorensen
Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aikens vs. Sorensen
There goes Brett. The throw from Martinez and he is out, Yount applying the tag. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aikens vs. Sorensen
Aikens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hurdle vs. Sorensen
Hurdle strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Leonard
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantner vs. Leonard
Gantner hits a fly ball into left field. Wathan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yount vs. Leonard
Yount hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wathan. Yount reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cooper vs. Leonard
Cooper is walked intentionally. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Leonard
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Sorensen
Wathan hits a fly ball into right field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Sorensen
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Sorensen
There goes White. The throw from Martinez and he is safe. White steals second. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Washington vs. Sorensen
Washington strikes out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wilson vs. Sorensen
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilson for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Leonard
Oglivie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Money vs. Leonard
Money hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Poff vs. Leonard
Poff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Leonard
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Sorensen
McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Sorensen
Brett hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Sorensen
Porter is called out on strikes. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aikens vs. Sorensen
Aikens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Brewers, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Leonard
Martinez strikes out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantner vs. Leonard
Gantner hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yount vs. Leonard
Yount takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Leonard
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Brewers, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hurdle vs. Sorensen
Hurdle hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Sorensen
Wathan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Harris. Wathan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Sorensen
White hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wathan moves to third. View Play -
Brewers, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Washington vs. Sorensen
Washington hits a fly ball into right field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Brewers, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Leonard
Thomas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Leonard
Oglivie hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Money vs. Leonard
Money strikes out. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poff vs. Leonard
Poff hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. White reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Sorensen
Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Sorensen
McRae hits a popup in front of the plate. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Sorensen
There goes Wilson. The throw from Martinez and he is safe. Wilson steals second. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brett vs. Sorensen
Brett is walked intentionally. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Porter vs. Sorensen
Porter hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aikens vs. Sorensen
Aikens hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops it up and throws to first, with Sorensen covering, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Leonard
Harris hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Leonard
Martinez strikes out. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantner vs. Leonard
Gantner hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hurdle vs. Sorensen
Hurdle hits a line drive into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Sorensen
Wathan bunts towards the mound. Sorensen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Sorensen
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Money fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yount vs. Leonard
Yount takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Brewers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Leonard
Cooper bunts in front of the plate. Porter fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Porter. Yount goes all the way around to score. Cooper moves to second. View Play -
Brewers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Leonard
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cooper moves to third. View Play -
Brewers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Oglivie vs. Leonard
Oglivie is walked intentionally. View Play -
Brewers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Money vs. Leonard
Money hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wathan. Money reaches second base with a double. Cooper scores. Oglivie moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Poff vs. Quisenberry
Dan Quisenberry now pitching.
Poff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to home to get Oglivie. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harris vs. Quisenberry
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Brewers, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Sorensen
Washington hits a line drive into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Sorensen
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Brewers, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Sorensen
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Money fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/3/1980 -- Milwaukee at Kansas City (N)
Milwaukee AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Gantner J, 2b 5 0 0 0 Wilson W, cf 5 0 2 0
Yount R, ss 3 1 1 0 McRae H, dh 5 0 1 0
Cooper C, 1b 2 1 1 0 Brett G, 3b 2 1 1 1
Thomas G, cf 5 1 1 1 Porter D, c 4 0 0 0
Oglivie B, lf 4 0 2 0 Aikens W, 1b 4 0 1 0
Money D, 3b 4 0 2 1 Hurdle C, rf 4 0 1 0
Poff J, dh 5 0 1 0 Wathan J, lf 4 0 1 0
Harris V, rf 5 0 0 0 White F, 2b 4 0 1 0
Martinez B, c 4 0 0 0 Washington U, ss 4 0 0 0
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37 3 8 2 36 1 8 1
Milwaukee 000 000 010 2 -- 3
Kansas City 000 001 000 0 -- 1
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Sorensen L (W) 10.0 8 1 1 2 3
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard D (L) 9.1 8 3 2 6 5
Quisenberry D 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Yount R, Porter D
DP -- Milwaukee 2, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Milwaukee 11, Kansas City 7
2B -- Cooper C, Yount R, Wathan J, Money D
HR -- Brett G, Thomas G
SB -- White F, Wilson W
CS -- Brett G
SH -- Cooper C
T -- 2:46
A -- 23037
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