With two out, pinch-hitter Hal McRae tripled and drove in two runs in the eighth inning to bring the Royals a 5-3 victory over the Mariners. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 5, Seattle Mariners 3

Game Played on Friday, July 4, 1980 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Mariners 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 9 1 Royals 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 x - 5 10 1 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Milbourne 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .230 Wilson lf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .313 Beniquez cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .252 Washington ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .257 Bochte dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .275 Wathan c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .324 Meyer lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .305 Porter dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .289 Paciorek 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Otis cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .265 Simpson rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .279 Hurdle rf 4 1 0 0 0 1 .314 J. Anderson 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .256 Quirk 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .253 Stinson c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .212 Chalk ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .286 LaCock 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .168 L. Roberts ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Torres pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .161 Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Terrell 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 D. Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McRae ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .255 Aikens 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 White 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .258 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 9 3 1 2 Totals 34 5 10 5 2 2 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 27,891 Left on Base: Mariners 6, Royals 7 DP: Mariners 0, Royals 0 Errors: Milbourne, Washington Doubles: Beniquez (6), Bochte (15), Simpson (6) Triples: Wilson (6), McRae (2) Home Runs: Quirk (2) Stolen Bases: Wilson (35) Caught Stealing: Simpson (3), White (3) Sacrifice Hits: Stinson (2) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Abbott 6 6 3 3 0 2 1 25 3.11 D. Roberts L(1-3) 2 4 2 2 2 0 0 11 4.86 Totals 8 10 5 5 2 2 1 36 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard 6.2 8 3 3 1 1 0 28 4.65 Quisenberry W(6-4) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.13 Totals 9 9 3 3 1 2 0 36 Wild Pitches: D. Roberts (1) Umpires: HP - Dan Morrison, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Al Clark MARINERS 1ST: Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bochte flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to right; Washington struck out; Wilson stole second; Wathan popped to first in foul territory; Porter flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Royals 0. MARINERS 2ND: Meyer flied out to center; Paciorek lined to shortstop; On a bunt Simpson singled to first; Simpson was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis flied out to right; Hurdle struck out; Quirk flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Royals 0. MARINERS 3RD: J. Anderson grounded out (third to first); Stinson singled to center; Mendoza grounded out (first unassisted) [Stinson to second]; Milbourne popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: LaCock flied out to left; White grounded out (third to first); Wilson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Royals 0. MARINERS 4TH: Beniquez doubled to right; Bochte doubled to center [Beniquez scored, Bochte to third (error by Washington)]; Meyer grounded out (first unassisted); Paciorek lined to third; Simpson walked; J. Anderson flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Washington popped to catcher in foul territory; Wathan flied out to center; Porter reached on an error by Milbourne; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 0. MARINERS 5TH: Stinson flied out to left; Mendoza grounded out (second to first); Milbourne singled to center; Beniquez forced Milbourne (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Hurdle grounded out (first to pitcher); Quirk grounded out (second to first); LaCock grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 0. MARINERS 6TH: Bochte flied out to left; Meyer flied out to left; Paciorek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 6TH: White singled to left; Wilson tripled to right [White scored]; Washington singled to center [Wilson scored]; Wathan singled to right [Washington to third]; Porter reached on a fielder's choice [Washington out at home (pitcher to third), Wathan to second]; Otis forced Wathan (third unassisted) [Porter to second]; Hurdle flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 2. MARINERS 7TH: Simpson doubled to left; J. Anderson singled to center [Simpson scored]; Stinson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [J. Anderson to second]; Mendoza grounded out (third to first); Milbourne singled to right [J. Anderson scored, Milbourne to second (on throw to home)]; QUISENBERRY REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Beniquez grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Royals 2. ROYALS 7TH: Quirk homered; D. ROBERTS REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); LaCock walked; TORRES RAN FOR LACOCK; White singled to center [Torres to second]; D. Roberts threw a wild pitch [Torres to third, White to second]; Wilson walked; Washington forced Torres (shortstop to catcher) [White to third, Wilson to second]; White was caught stealing home (catcher to third); Wathan grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 3, Royals 3. MARINERS 8TH: TERRELL REPLACED TORRES (PLAYING 1B); Bochte grounded out (second to first); Meyer grounded out (first to pitcher); Paciorek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Royals 3. ROYALS 8TH: Porter singled to right; Otis singled to left [Porter to second]; Hurdle forced Porter (pitcher to third) [Otis to second]; CHALK BATTED FOR QUIRK; Chalk flied out to center; MCRAE BATTED FOR TERRELL; McRae tripled to center [Otis scored, Hurdle scored]; White grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Royals 5. MARINERS 9TH: CHALK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); AIKENS REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING 1B); Simpson grounded out (shortstop to first); J. Anderson struck out; Stinson singled to left; L. ROBERTS BATTED FOR MENDOZA; L. Roberts forced Stinson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Royals 5.

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