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Royals
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 6, 1980
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Royals, played on May 6, 1980 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 6, 1980 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 6, 1980 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Larry Gura |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Rich Wortham |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 7,938 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 6 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim McKean 1B: Ted Hendry 2B: Larry Barnett 3B: Jim Evans |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Willie Wilson | Center Fielder |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Hal McRae | Left Fielder |
| Darrell Porter | DH |
| John Wathan | Catcher |
| Willie Aikens | First Baseman |
| Dave Chalk | Third Baseman |
| Bob Detherage | Right Fielder |
| U L Washington | Shortstop |
| Jim Frey | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Alan Bannister | Left Fielder |
| Junior Moore | Third Baseman |
| Jim Morrison | Second Baseman |
| Lamar Johnson | First Baseman |
| Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
| Wayne Nordhagen | DH |
| Harold Baines | Right Fielder |
| Bruce Kimm | Catcher |
| Greg Pryor | Shortstop |
| Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 6, 1980
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Wortham
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morrison scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Wortham
White hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Wortham
McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lemon throws the ball in to Pryor who tags McRae trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Gura
Bannister hits a fly ball into right field. Detherage settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Gura
Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Gura
Morrison hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Wortham
Porter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morrison scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Wortham
Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moore fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aikens vs. Wortham
Aikens strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Gura
Johnson hits a line drive into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Gura
Lemon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McRae. Lemon reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nordhagen vs. Gura
Nordhagen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lemon scores. Nordhagen moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Baines vs. Gura
Baines hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aikens scoops it up and throws to first, with Gura covering, for the out. Nordhagen moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kimm vs. Gura
Kimm hits a line drive into right field. Detherage settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chalk vs. Wortham
Chalk strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Detherage vs. Wortham
Detherage hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Wortham
Washington hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pryor vs. Gura
Pryor hits a line drive into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Gura
Bannister hits a fly ball into right field. Detherage settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Gura
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gura fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Wortham
Wilson hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Wortham
White hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Wortham
McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Gura
Morrison hits a line drive into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Gura
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Gura
There goes Johnson. The throw from Wathan and he is out, White applying the tag. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Gura
Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Detherage settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Wortham
Porter hits a fly ball into left field. Bannister settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Wortham
Wathan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aikens vs. Wortham
Aikens hits a line drive into right field. Baines picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Baines. Wathan moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Chalk vs. Wortham
Chalk takes first base on ball four. Aikens moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Detherage vs. Wortham
Detherage hits a line drive towards second. Morrison catches it and steps on second to double up Aikens. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Gura
Nordhagen hits a popup towards short. Washington settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Gura
Baines hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kimm vs. Gura
Kimm takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pryor vs. Gura
Pryor hits a line drive towards third. Chalk reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Wortham
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moore fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Wortham
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Wortham
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Wortham
McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Bannister settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Gura
Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Gura
Moore 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 -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Gura
Morrison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Gura
There goes Morrison. The throw from Wathan and he is safe. Morrison steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Gura
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Wortham
Porter hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Wortham
Wathan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aikens vs. Wortham
Aikens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morrison fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Gura
Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nordhagen vs. Gura
Gura fires to first and has Lemon trapped. There's the throw to White who tags Lemon for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Gura
Nordhagen hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Gura
Baines hits a popup, foul, towards third. Chalk settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chalk vs. Farmer
Mike Squires now playing first base. Ed Farmer now pitching.
Chalk hits a line drive into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Farmer
George Brett pinch hits for Bob Detherage.
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morrison scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Farmer
Washington strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kimm vs. Gura
Clint Hurdle now playing right field.
Kimm hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pryor vs. Gura
Harry Chappas pinch runs for Bruce Kimm.
Pryor bunts in front of the plate. Wathan fields it and throws to first for the out. Chappas moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bannister vs. Gura
Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chalk fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Gura
Moore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Chappas scores. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morrison vs. Gura
Morrison hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moore moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Squires vs. Quisenberry
Dan Quisenberry now pitching.
Squires hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Farmer
Marv Foley now catching.
Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Braun vs. Farmer
Steve Braun pinch hits for Frank White.
Braun hits a popup towards short. Pryor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Farmer
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards first. Squires scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McRae for the out. Wilson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Porter vs. Farmer
Porter hits a fly ball into left field. Bannister settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/6/1980 -- Kansas City at Chicago (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Wilson W, cf 4 0 1 0 Bannister A, lf 4 0 0 0
White F, 2b 2 0 0 0 Moore J, 3b 4 0 1 1
Braun S, ph 1 0 0 0 Morrison J, 2b 4 0 2 0
McRae H, lf 4 0 1 0 Johnson L, 1b 2 0 0 0
Porter D, dh 4 0 0 0 Squires M, 1b 1 0 0 0
Wathan J, c 2 0 1 0 Lemon C, cf 3 1 2 0
Aikens W, 1b 3 0 1 0 Nordhagen W, dh 3 0 1 1
Chalk D, 3b 2 0 0 0 Baines H, rf 3 0 0 0
Detherage B, rf 2 0 0 0 Kimm B, c 2 0 1 0
Brett G, ph 1 0 0 0 Chappas H, pr 0 1 0 0
Hurdle C, rf 0 0 0 0 Foley M, c 0 0 0 0
Washington U, ss 3 0 0 0 Pryor G, ss 2 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
28 0 4 0 28 2 7 2
Kansas City 000 000 000 -- 0
Chicago 010 000 01x -- 2
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Gura L (L) 7.2 7 2 2 2 0
Quisenberry D 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Wortham R (W) 7.0 3 0 0 3 2
Farmer E (S) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
E -- Baines H
DP -- Chicago 2
LOB -- Kansas City 4, Chicago 5
2B -- Lemon C
SB -- Morrison J
CS -- Johnson L, Lemon C
SH -- Pryor G
T -- 2:06
A -- 7938
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