Frank White homered in the fifth inning and Willie Aikens followed suit in the sixth to enable the Royals to defeat the Mariners, 2-1. Jim Anderson homered with two out in the ninth to account for the M's runs. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 2, Seattle Mariners 1

Game Played on Friday, June 27, 1980 (Night game) at Kingdome

Royals 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 11 0 Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 4 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .303 Milbourne 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .208 Washington ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 .250 L. Cox c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .166 McRae dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 .269 Beniquez cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .226 Porter pr,dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Bochte 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .274 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Meyer lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .311 Aikens 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .273 Paciorek dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .325 LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .165 L. Roberts rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .279 Wathan c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .325 J. Anderson 3b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .254 Hurdle rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .335 Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .304 White 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .266 Stinson c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Chalk 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .255 Cruz pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 2 11 2 2 3 Totals 31 1 4 1 4 3 Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 12,099 Left on Base: Royals 10, Mariners 7 DP: Royals 0, Mariners 2 Doubles: Chalk (7), Stinson (2) Home Runs: White (4), Aikens (9), J. Anderson (5) Stolen Bases: Wathan (7) GIDP: Otis (7), Chalk (4) Hit by Pitch: McRae (4,by Honeycutt) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale W(5-7) 7 3 0 0 4 2 0 28 4.33 Quisenberry SV(14) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 3.42 Totals 9 4 1 1 4 3 1 35 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Honeycutt L(7-5) 9 11 2 2 2 3 2 39 2.82 Totals 9 11 2 2 2 3 2 39 Hit by Pitch: Honeycutt (2) Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Rocky Roe, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Jerry Neudecker ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (third to first); Washington singled to catcher; McRae singled to right [Washington to second]; Otis grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [McRae out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Milbourne flied out to center; Beniquez singled to center; Bochte walked [Beniquez to second]; Meyer flied out to right; Paciorek forced Bochte (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. ROYALS 2ND: Aikens walked; Wathan singled to center [Aikens to second]; Hurdle walked [Aikens to third, Wathan to second]; White forced Aikens (third to catcher) [Wathan to third, Hurdle to second]; Chalk grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [White out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: L. Roberts walked; J. Anderson struck out; Mendoza lined to center; Stinson lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. ROYALS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington flied out to center; McRae was hit by a pitch; PORTER RAN FOR MCRAE; Otis flied out to right; Hal McRae hit on left calf by pitch; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 3RD: PORTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Milbourne grounded out (second to first); Beniquez popped to shortstop; Bochte lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. ROYALS 4TH: Aikens flied out to left; Wathan grounded out (second to first); Hurdle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 4TH: Meyer flied out to left; Paciorek singled to right; L. Roberts flied out to center; J. Anderson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. ROYALS 5TH: White homered; Chalk singled to center; Wilson struck out; Washington singled to left [Chalk to second]; Porter flied out to center; Otis struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 5TH: Mendoza walked; Stinson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Mendoza to second]; Milbourne grounded out (second to first) [Mendoza to third]; Beniquez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 0. ROYALS 6TH: Aikens homered; Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); Hurdle grounded out (first to pitcher); White popped to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 0. MARINERS 6TH: Bochte lined to second; Meyer grounded out (second to first); Paciorek flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 0. ROYALS 7TH: Chalk doubled to left; On a bunt Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 0. MARINERS 7TH: L. Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); J. Anderson flied to left in foul territory; Mendoza lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 0. ROYALS 8TH: Otis popped to first in foul territory; Aikens was called out on strikes; Wathan singled to center; Wathan stole second; Hurdle singled to right [Wathan to third]; White lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 0. MARINERS 8TH: LACOCK REPLACED AIKENS (PLAYING 1B); Stinson doubled to right; CRUZ RAN FOR STINSON; Milbourne walked; QUISENBERRY REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Beniquez forced Milbourne (third to second) [Cruz to third]; Bochte lined to shortstop; Meyer grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 0. ROYALS 9TH: CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); L. COX REPLACED MILBOURNE (PLAYING C ); Chalk lined to right; Wilson singled to pitcher; Washington popped to first in foul territory; Porter grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 0. MARINERS 9TH: Paciorek grounded out (third to first); L. Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); J. Anderson homered; Mendoza struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Mariners 1.

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