A single by Frank White in the seventh inning drove home the decisive run as the Royals edged the White Sox, 2-1. The score was 1-1 when K.C. loaded the bases in the seventh on a single by Willie Wilson and walks to Clint Hurdle and U.L. Washington.

Ed Farmer then relieved Britt Burns on the mound for the Sox and was greeted by White's single. Dan Quisenberry registered his 20th save, tops in the American League. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 2, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Monday, July      21, 1980 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  6  1
Royals       0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   2  7  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Molinaro dh           4   1   2   0     0   0   .289      Washington ss         3   0   0   0     1   0   .274
Morrison 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .262      White 2b              4   0   2   1     0   1   .275
L. Johnson 1b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      G. Brett 3b           3   0   2   0     1   0   .379
Nordhagen lf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .288      McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Lemon cf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .272      Wathan lf,c           4   0   0   0     0   0   .302
Baines rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Aikens 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .262
Bell 3b               2   0   0   0     1   0   .189        LaCock 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .198
  R. Johnson ph       1   0   1   0     0   0   .182      Porter c              2   1   1   0     0   0   .274
Seilheimer c          3   0   0   0     0   1   .231        Wilson cf           1   1   1   0     0   0   .336
  Squires ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Hurdle rf             2   0   1   1     1   0   .304
Pryor ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .255      Torres cf,lf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Burns p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Quisenberry p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   6   1     1   5             Totals               30   2   7   2     3   2

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 37,054
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Royals 7
DP: White Sox 1, Royals 0
Errors: Nordhagen, White
Doubles: Hurdle (19)
Triples: Porter (2)
Stolen Bases: Molinaro (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Morrison (5)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burns L(10-8)           6.2   6   2   2   3   1   0  28   2.65
Farmer                  1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.00
Totals                  8     7   2   2   3   2   0  33

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard W(10-7)         7.1   5   1   1   1   5   0  29   4.20
Quisenberry SV(20)      1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.61
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   5   0  35

Passed Balls: Seilheimer (1)

Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Dan Morrison, 3B - Ted Hendry


WHITE SOX 1ST: Molinaro singled to center; Morrison out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Molinaro to second]; L. Johnson
lined to center; Nordhagen lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); White
struck out; G. Brett singled to right; McRae forced G. Brett
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon struck out; Baines struck out; Bell walked;
Seilheimer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Wathan grounded out (third to first); Aikens flied
out to center; Porter tripled to left; Hurdle doubled to right
[Porter scored]; Torres popped to first in foul territory; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor flied out to left; Molinaro flied out to
left; Morrison flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Washington grounded out (third to first); White
lined to center; G. Brett walked; McRae flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: L. Johnson grounded out (third to first);
Nordhagen struck out; Lemon singled to left; Baines forced Lemon
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Wathan flied out to left; Aikens grounded out
(shortstop to first); Porter grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Bell lined to center; Seilheimer struck out;
Darrell Porter ejected by HP umpire John Shulock; WILSON
REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING CF); WATHAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
C ); TORRES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Pryor grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals
1.

ROYALS 5TH: Hurdle popped to shortstop; Torres popped to first
in foul territory; Washington popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Molinaro singled to center; Morrison popped to
shortstop; Molinaro stole second; L. Johnson lined to center;
Nordhagen singled to left [Molinaro scored]; Lemon struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: White singled to left [White to second (error by
Nordhagen)]; On a bunt G. Brett singled [White to third]; McRae
flied out to center; Wathan hit into a double play (second to
first) [White out at home (first to catcher to third)]; 0 R, 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Baines grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell
flied out to center; Seilheimer popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Aikens grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson
singled to center; Seilheimer allowed a passed ball [Wilson to
second]; Hurdle walked; Torres lined to left; Washington walked
[Wilson to third, Hurdle to second]; FARMER REPLACED BURNS
(PITCHING); White singled to center [Wilson scored, Hurdle to
third, Washington to second]; G. Brett grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Pryor singled to left; Molinaro flied out to
right; Morrison reached on an error by White [Pryor to second];
QUISENBERRY REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); L. Johnson grounded out
(third to first) [Pryor to third, Morrison to second]; Nordhagen
grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 White Sox 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Wathan
grounded out (shortstop to first); Aikens was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: LACOCK REPLACED AIKENS (PLAYING 1B); Lemon
grounded out (shortstop to first); Baines grounded out (first
unassisted); R. JOHNSON BATTED FOR BELL; R. Johnson singled to
right; SQUIRES BATTED FOR SEILHEIMER; Squires flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 2.