A record home-opener crowd of 50,199 enjoyed the Orioles' 12-2 thrashing of the Royals. A wild pitch gave the Orioles a run in the first inning and they scored three times in the second on two singles sandwiched around two walks and a two-run throwing error by second baseman Frank White. Rick Dempsey drilled a two-run homer in the sixth and Ken Singleton clouted a two-run round-tripper in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 12, Kansas City Royals 2

Game Played on Tuesday, April 15, 1980 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 2 6 1 Orioles 1 3 0 0 1 5 0 2 x - 12 12 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Bumbry cf 3 1 0 0 2 2 .188 Braun rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Garcia 2b 4 1 0 1 1 0 .000 G. Brett 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .278 Singleton rf 3 4 2 2 2 0 .294 McRae dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Lowenstein lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Aikens 1b 4 0 1 0 0 3 .111 Murray 1b 4 0 2 1 1 0 .263 LaCock lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .211 May dh 4 0 2 3 0 1 .250 Quirk c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267 DeCinces 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .350 White 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .235 Roenicke lf,rf 3 2 1 0 1 1 .273 Washington ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Dempsey c 4 2 3 2 0 1 .333 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Belanger ss 4 2 2 1 0 1 .235 Busby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Palmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Martin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stoddard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 2 6 2 0 6 Totals 34 12 12 10 7 6 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 50,199 Left on Base: Royals 5, Orioles 6 DP: Royals 1, Orioles 0 Errors: White, DeCinces Doubles: Murray (2), Dempsey (1), May (1) Home Runs: G. Brett (1), Dempsey (2), Singleton (2) Sacrifice Flies: May (1) GIDP: DeCinces (2) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard L(0-2) 5 8 7 6 3 3 1 26 6.57 Busby 0.1 2 3 3 3 0 0 6 81.00 Martin 2.2 2 2 2 1 3 1 10 6.75 Totals 8 12 12 11 7 6 2 42 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer W(2-0) 8 6 2 2 0 5 1 31 1.80 Stoddard 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 6 2 2 0 6 1 34 Wild Pitches: Leonard (1) Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Rich Garcia ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun flied out to center; G. Brett grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (first unassisted); Garcia grounded out (pitcher to first); Singleton walked; Murray doubled [Singleton to third]; Leonard threw a wild pitch [Singleton scored, Murray to third]; May struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 1. ROYALS 2ND: McRae flied out to center; Aikens struck out; LaCock singled to right; Quirk made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces grounded out (pitcher to first); Roenicke walked; Dempsey singled to center [Roenicke to second]; Belanger singled to left [Roenicke scored, Dempsey to second]; Bumbry walked [Dempsey to third, Belanger to second]; Garcia forced Bumbry (second unassisted) [Dempsey scored, Belanger scored (error by White) (unearned) (no RBI), Garcia to second]; Singleton grounded out (second to first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 4. ROYALS 3RD: White singled; Washington made an out to shortstop; Wilson struck out; Braun struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 3RD: Murray flied out to left; May grounded out (third to first); DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 4. ROYALS 4TH: G. Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae reached on an error by DeCinces [McRae to first]; Aikens struck out; LaCock forced McRae (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 4TH: Roenicke struck out; Dempsey doubled to left; Belanger made an out to second; Bumbry struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 4. ROYALS 5TH: Quirk grounded out (first unassisted); White grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 5TH: Garcia grounded out (third to first); Singleton singled to center; Murray singled to right [Singleton to third]; May hit a sacrifice fly to right [Singleton scored]; DeCinces flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 5. ROYALS 6TH: Wilson lined to pitcher; Braun flied out to center; G. Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 6TH: Roenicke singled to left; Dempsey homered [Roenicke scored]; BUSBY REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Belanger singled to right; Bumbry walked [Belanger to second]; Garcia made an out to second; Singleton walked [Belanger to third, Bumbry to second]; Murray walked [Belanger scored, Bumbry to third, Singleton to second]; May singled to left [Bumbry scored, Singleton scored, Murray to second]; MARTIN REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); DeCinces grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [May out at second]; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 10. ROYALS 7TH: McRae singled to left; Aikens singled [McRae to third]; LaCock forced Aikens (shortstop to second) [McRae scored]; Quirk struck out; White singled to center [LaCock to third]; Washington forced White (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Orioles 10. ORIOLES 7TH: Roenicke made an out to second; Dempsey struck out; Belanger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Orioles 10. ROYALS 8TH: Wilson popped to catcher in foul territory; Braun grounded out (pitcher to first); G. Brett homered; McRae grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Orioles 10. ORIOLES 8TH: Bumbry struck out; Garcia walked; Singleton homered [Garcia scored]; Murray grounded out (second to first); May doubled to left; DeCinces made an out to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Orioles 12. ROYALS 9TH: STODDARD REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); LOWENSTEIN REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING LF); ROENICKE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Aikens struck out; LaCock grounded out (shortstop to first); Quirk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Orioles 12.

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