The five-hit pitching of John Tudor was backed by a 13-hit attack as the Red Sox thrashed the Royals, 12-4. The Sox took a 1-0 lead in the third inning on a run-scoring double by Dave Stapleton and registered four tallies in the fourth on a two-run single by Jim Dwyer and two-run pinch-double by Butch Hobson. Stapleton cracked a leadoff homer in the fifth and Dwight Evans and Rick Burleson lashed two-run doubles in the same frame. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 12, Kansas City Royals 4

Game Played on Thursday, July 17, 1980 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 - 4 5 2 Red Sox 0 0 1 4 7 0 0 0 x - 12 14 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .321 Burleson ss 4 0 1 2 1 1 .298 Washington ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Stapleton 2b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .290 G. Brett 1b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .366 Lynn cf 5 2 3 1 0 0 .307 McRae dh 3 1 1 2 1 0 .272 Perez 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .289 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Fisk c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .304 Torres cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175 Rader c 0 0 0 0 1 0 .358 Wathan rf 2 1 0 0 1 1 .314 Yastrzemski lf 2 1 1 0 1 1 .255 Hurdle pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Hancock lf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Porter c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .271 Evans rf 3 2 1 2 2 0 .217 White 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Dwyer dh 4 3 1 2 0 1 .309 Chalk 3b 2 1 0 1 1 0 .246 Hoffman 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Martin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hobson ph,3b 2 1 1 2 1 0 .234 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tudor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Twitty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Eastwick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 4 5 3 4 2 Totals 36 12 14 12 7 5 Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 25,619 Left on Base: Royals 5, Red Sox 7 DP: Royals 1, Red Sox 1 Errors: Washington, Martin, Burleson Doubles: Wilson (17), Stapleton (11), Lynn (19), Hobson (6), Evans (14), Burleson (20) Home Runs: McRae (7), Stapleton (4) Sacrifice Flies: Chalk (3) GIDP: Porter (6), Fisk (6) Hit by Pitch: Wathan (1,by Tudor) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Martin L(8-7) 3.2 3 5 5 5 2 0 17 4.53 Pattin 0.1 5 4 4 0 1 1 6 4.84 Twitty 3 4 3 3 1 2 0 14 6.75 Eastwick 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 2.35 Totals 8 14 12 12 7 5 1 43 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tudor W(3-1) 9 5 4 4 4 2 1 36 2.73 Totals 9 5 4 4 4 2 1 36 Hit by Pitch: Tudor (1) Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Ted Hendry ROYALS 1ST: Wilson doubled; Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); G. Brett grounded out (second to first) [Wilson to third]; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson lined to center; Stapleton lined to center; Lynn popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis flied out to left; Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Perez lined to shortstop; Fisk popped to third; Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 0. ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Chalk flied out to right; Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Evans walked; Dwyer forced Evans (second to shortstop) [Dwyer to second (error by Washington)]; Hoffman struck out; Burleson walked; Stapleton doubled to left [Dwyer scored, Burleson out at third (left to second to third)]; Rick Burleson rounded bag too far; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 1. ROYALS 4TH: Washington singled to center; G. Brett grounded out (second to first) [Washington to second]; McRae lined to right; Otis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 4TH: Lynn doubled to left; Perez walked; Fisk grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Lynn to third, Perez out at second]; Yastrzemski walked; Evans walked [Yastrzemski to second]; Dwyer singled to left [Lynn scored, Yastrzemski scored, Evans to third (error by Martin), Dwyer to second]; Renie Martin deflected Willie Wilson's throw away from Darrell Porter; PATTIN REPLACED MARTIN (PITCHING); HOBSON BATTED FOR HOFFMAN; Hobson doubled to left [Evans scored, Dwyer scored]; Burleson struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 5. ROYALS 5TH: HOBSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Wathan struck out; Porter was called out on strikes; White flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 5TH: Stapleton homered; Lynn singled to right; Perez singled to right [Lynn to third]; Fisk singled to left [Lynn scored, Perez to second]; TWITTY REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Yastrzemski singled to right [Perez to third, Fisk to second]; Evans doubled to left [Perez scored, Fisk scored, Yastrzemski to third]; Dwyer reached on a fielder's choice [Yastrzemski out at home (pitcher to third to catcher), Evans to third, Dwyer to second]; Hobson was walked intentionally; Burleson doubled to left [Evans scored, Dwyer scored, Hobson to third]; Stapleton grounded out (third to first); Lynn singled to right [Hobson scored, Burleson to third]; Perez forced Lynn (shortstop to second); 7 R, 8 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 12. ROYALS 6TH: HANCOCK REPLACED YASTRZEMSKI (PLAYING LF); Chalk walked; Wilson singled to right [Chalk to second]; Washington flied out to right; G. Brett forced Wilson (first to shortstop) [Chalk scored (error by Burleson) (no RBI), G. Brett to second]; McRae homered [G. Brett scored]; Otis grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Red Sox 12. RED SOX 6TH: Fisk flied out to left; Hancock struck out; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Red Sox 12. ROYALS 7TH: RADER REPLACED FISK (PLAYING C ); Wathan walked; Porter walked [Wathan to second]; White flied out to right [Wathan to third]; Chalk hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wathan scored]; Wilson flied out to center; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 12. RED SOX 7TH: Dwyer struck out; Hobson grounded out (first unassisted); Burleson lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 12. ROYALS 8TH: Washington grounded out (third to first); G. Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae walked; Otis popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 12. RED SOX 8TH: TORRES REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING CF); EASTWICK REPLACED TWITTY (PITCHING); Stapleton flied out to left; Lynn grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Perez singled to left; Rader walked [Perez to second]; Hancock singled to left [Perez to third, Rader to second]; Evans forced Hancock (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 12. ROYALS 9TH: Wathan was hit by a pitch; HURDLE RAN FOR WATHAN; Porter grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hurdle out at second]; White singled to center; Chalk popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 12.

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