After U.L. Washington and Clint Hurdle hit two-run singles in the third inning, Amos Otis doubled and scored on a single by Pete LaCock in the sixth to provide the Royals with a 5-4 victory over the Mariners. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Seattle Mariners 4
Game Played on Saturday, July      5, 1980 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Mariners     0  1  0    1  0  0    1  1  0  -   4 10  0
Royals       0  0  4    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   5  9  0


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Milbourne 2b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .242      Wilson lf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .315
Beniquez cf           4   0   0   0     1   0   .243      Washington ss         4   1   1   2     0   1   .256
Bochte 1b             5   0   2   0     0   1   .277      Wathan c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .320
Meyer dh              4   1   1   0     0   0   .305      Porter dh             3   0   0   0     1   1   .285
Paciorek lf           3   2   2   1     1   0   .339      Otis cf               4   1   1   0     0   2   .265
Simpson rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .278      Hurdle rf             4   0   1   2     0   2   .313
J. Anderson 3b,ss     4   0   0   0     0   1   .251      Quirk 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .242
Stinson c             1   0   0   0     1   1   .209      LaCock 1b             3   1   2   1     0   0   .181
  L. Cox ph,c         2   0   0   0     0   1   .188      White 2b              2   1   2   0     1   0   .262
Mendoza ss            3   1   2   0     0   0   .294      Martin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Cox 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .228        Twitty p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Parrott p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Quisenberry p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4  10   1     3   5             Totals               31   5   9   5     2   8

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 30,617
Left on Base: Mariners 8, Royals 5
DP: Mariners 1, Royals 1
Doubles: Milbourne (2), Otis (5)
Home Runs: Paciorek (9)
Stolen Bases: Paciorek (1), Simpson (4), Wilson (36)
Sacrifice Hits: Milbourne (5), Wathan (1)
GIDP: Beniquez (1), Wilson (2)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parrott L(1-10)         2.2   6   4   4   1   5   0  15   7.53
McLaughlin              3     3   1   1   1   0   0  12   6.70
Rawley                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.84
Heaverlo                2     0   0   0   0   3   0   6   3.76
Totals                  8     9   5   5   2   8   0  34

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Martin                  4.1   5   2   2   3   3   0  21   4.24
Twitty W(1-0)           2.1   3   1   1   0   1   0   9   3.86
Quisenberry SV(15)      2.1   2   1   1   0   1   1   9   3.16
Totals                  9    10   4   4   3   5   1  39

Wild Pitches: Martin (3)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Dan Morrison


MARINERS 1ST: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); Beniquez
lined to shortstop; Bochte struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to left; Wilson stole second;
Washington struck out; Wathan flied out to right; Porter flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Royals 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Meyer grounded out (second to first); Paciorek
walked; Simpson singled to right [Paciorek to third]; J.
Anderson struck out; Paciorek stole home and Simpson stole
second; Stinson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 1,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis struck out; Hurdle struck out; Quirk struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1, Royals 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Mendoza singled to center; Milbourne out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Mendoza to second];
Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Mendoza to third];
Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: LaCock singled to left; White singled to left
[LaCock to second]; Wilson singled to left [LaCock to third,
White to second]; Washington singled to center [LaCock scored,
White scored, Wilson to second]; Wathan out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Wilson to third, Washington to second];
Porter was walked intentionally; Otis struck out; Hurdle singled
to left [Wilson scored, Washington scored, Porter to third,
Hurdle to second (on throw to home)]; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED
PARROTT (PITCHING); Quirk flied out to right; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mariners 1, Royals 4.

MARINERS 4TH: Meyer singled to center; Paciorek singled to left
[Meyer to second]; Simpson grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Meyer to third, Paciorek to second]; Martin threw a wild pitch
[Meyer scored, Paciorek to third]; J. Anderson flied out to
right; Stinson walked; Mendoza flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 4TH: LaCock grounded out (pitcher to first); White
walked; Wilson grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[White out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals
4.

MARINERS 5TH: Milbourne grounded out (first unassisted);
Beniquez walked; Bochte singled to center [Beniquez to second];
TWITTY REPLACED MARTIN (PITCHING); Meyer grounded out (second to
first) [Beniquez to third, Bochte to second]; Debut game for
Jeff Twitty; Paciorek flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Washington flied out to center; Wathan grounded out
(shortstop to first); Porter flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals 4.

MARINERS 6TH: Simpson struck out; J. Anderson flied out to
center; L. COX BATTED FOR STINSON; L. Cox popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: L. COX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Otis doubled to
left; Hurdle flied out to right; Quirk grounded out (first
unassisted) [Otis to third]; LaCock singled to center [Otis
scored]; White singled to center [LaCock to second]; RAWLEY
REPLACED MCLAUGHLIN (PITCHING); Wilson flied out to right; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals 5.

MARINERS 7TH: Mendoza singled to left; Milbourne singled to
right [Mendoza to third]; Beniquez grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Mendoza scored, Milbourne out at
second]; On a bunt Bochte singled; QUISENBERRY REPLACED TWITTY
(PITCHING); Meyer flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 3, Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: J. ANDERSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); T. COX
REPLACED MENDOZA (PLAYING 3B); HEAVERLO REPLACED RAWLEY
(PITCHING); Washington grounded out (second to first); Wathan
struck out; Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners
3, Royals 5.

MARINERS 8TH: Paciorek homered; Simpson grounded out (shortstop
to first); J. Anderson popped to catcher in foul territory; L.
Cox struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 4, Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis flied out to right; Hurdle struck out; Quirk
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners
4, Royals 5.

MARINERS 9TH: T. Cox grounded out (first unassisted); Milbourne
doubled to left; Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Milbourne to third]; Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 4, Royals 5.