Dennis Leonard blanked the Rangers on three hits and the Royals made Jim Kern's first start since May 31, 1976, an unpleasant one with an 8-0 drubbing. Frank White started the K.C. barrage with a homer in the third following a triple by U.L. Washington and walk to Willie Wilson. Amos Otis added his first homer of the season in the fourth. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 8, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Thursday, June      5, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Royals       0  0  3    1  1  1    0  2  0  -   8 14  1
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             4   2   2   0     1   1   .299      Rivers cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .283
White 2b              5   1   2   3     0   0   .294        Frias ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .239
G. Brett 3b           5   1   2   2     0   2   .323      Wills 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .235
Porter dh             4   0   1   0     1   2   .320      Oliver lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .289
Aikens 1b             3   0   2   1     1   0   .250      Staub dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .400
  LaCock pr,1b        0   0   0   0     1   0   .149      Zisk rf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .265
Wathan c              5   0   0   0     0   0   .319      Putnam 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .243
Otis cf               5   2   2   1     0   1   .150      Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .306
Hurdle rf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .283      Roberts 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .178
Washington ss         2   2   1   0     2   1   .277      Harrelson ss          1   0   0   0     1   0   .138
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Norris ph,cf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .246
                                                          Kern p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Babcock p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   8  14   8     6   7             Totals               31   0   3   0     2   7

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 16,512
Left on Base: Royals 8, Rangers 6
DP: Royals 0, Rangers 4
Errors: Washington
Doubles: Hurdle (13), Aikens (13)
Triples: Washington (3)
Home Runs: White (2), Otis (1)
Stolen Bases: Wilson (22), G. Brett (5), Otis (1), Wathan (5), Washington (9)
GIDP: Wathan 2 (9), White (4), G. Brett (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard W(5-5)          9     3   0   0   2   7   0  33   5.28
Totals                  9     3   0   0   2   7   0  33

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kern L(2-8)             4.2   8   5   5   3   4   2  23   5.34
Devine                  0.1   2   1   1   1   0   0   4   4.76
Lyle                    2     2   0   0   0   3   0   7   2.92
Babcock                 2     2   2   2   2   0   0   9   4.05
Totals                  9    14   8   8   6   7   2  43

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Durwood Merrill


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); White
grounded out (first unassisted); G. Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Rivers reached on an error by Washington; Wills
grounded out (second to pitcher) [Rivers to second]; Oliver
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Rivers to third]; Staub
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Rangers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter singled to right; Aikens walked [Porter to
second]; Wathan grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Porter to third, Aikens out at second]; Otis grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk was called out on strikes; Putnam struck out;
Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Hurdle grounded out (second to first); Washington
tripled to center; Wilson walked; Wilson stole second; White
homered [Washington scored, Wilson scored]; G. Brett was called
out on strikes; Porter struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Roberts popped to catcher in foul territory;
Harrelson lined to left; Rivers singled to center; Wills
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
Rangers 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Aikens lined to right; Wathan grounded out (pitcher
to first); Otis homered; Hurdle doubled to left; Washington
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Oliver flied out to center; Staub singled to
center; Zisk grounded out (third to first) [Staub to second];
Putnam popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4,
Rangers 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Wilson singled to pitcher; White grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Wilson out at
second]; G. Brett singled to center; G. Brett stole second;
Porter walked; Aikens doubled to left [G. Brett scored, Porter
to third]; DEVINE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Wathan grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg flied out to left; Roberts struck out;
Harrelson walked; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis singled to right; Otis stole second; Hurdle
singled to center [Otis scored]; Washington walked [Hurdle to
second]; LYLE REPLACED DEVINE (PITCHING); Wilson struck out;
White singled to left [Hurdle to third, Washington to second];
G. Brett grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [White out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 6,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Wills flied out to center; Oliver struck out; Staub
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Porter struck out; Aikens singled to center; LACOCK
RAN FOR AIKENS; Wathan forced LaCock (shortstop to second);
Wathan stole second; Otis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 6, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: LACOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Zisk flied out
to right; Putnam flied out to left; Sundberg popped to first; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 8TH: BABCOCK REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING); Hurdle flied out
to left; Washington walked; Washington stole second; Wilson
singled to shortstop [Washington stayed at second]; White
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Washington to
third, Wilson to second]; G. Brett singled to right [Washington
scored, Wilson scored]; Porter grounded out (second to first); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 8, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); NORRIS
BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Norris walked; Rivers struck out; Wills
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 8, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 9TH: NORRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); FRIAS REPLACED
RIVERS (PLAYING SS); LaCock walked; Wathan grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [LaCock out at
second]; Otis lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 8,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Oliver singled to right; Staub flied out to center;
Zisk struck out; Putnam flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 8, Rangers 0.