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.