The Royals piled up 20 hits and romped over the White Sox, 8-2. Hal McRae rapped five straight singles, driving in two runs and scoring two. Darrell Porter had four hits and batted in three runs, including two with a homer. George Brett, hitting safely in his 15th straight game, went 2-for-5 and raised his average to .388. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 8, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Saturday, August    2, 1980 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       0  4  1    0  1  1    0  1  0  -   8 20  0
White Sox    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  4  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             5   2   3   0     0   1   .344      Squires 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .278
Washington ss         5   0   1   1     0   2   .271      Morrison 2b           2   1   1   1     1   0   .270
G. Brett 3b           5   1   2   0     0   0   .388      Molinaro lf           3   0   1   0     1   1   .286
  Chalk 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .274      L. Johnson dh         3   0   0   0     1   0   .263
McRae dh              5   2   5   2     0   0   .309      Lemon cf              2   0   0   1     1   0   .270
Wathan 1b             5   1   2   2     0   0   .319        Bosley cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Otis cf               5   0   2   0     0   0   .253      Baines rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .258
Porter c              5   1   4   3     0   0   .300      Pryor 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .266
  Quirk c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Seilheimer c          3   0   1   0     0   1   .208
Hurdle rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .302        Kimm c              1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
  Torres rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Cruz ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .256
White 2b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .270      Trout p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mulliniks 2b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .077        Robinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gale p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hoffman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               45   8  20   8     0   5             Totals               30   2   4   2     4   4

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 14,905
Left on Base: Royals 10, White Sox 6
DP: Royals 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Bosley, Cruz
Doubles: Wathan (9), Porter (9)
Triples: Squires (1)
Home Runs: Porter (5)
Stolen Bases: McRae 2 (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Morrison (4)
GIDP: Wathan (15)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gale W(9-7)             6     2   1   1   4   4   0  24   3.94
Pattin SV(3)            3     2   1   1   0   0   0  11   4.09
Totals                  9     4   2   2   4   4   0  35

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Trout L(6-11)           2     7   5   5   0   0   1  13   3.70
Robinson                2.2   5   1   1   0   3   0  11   1.29
Hoffman                 2.1   4   1   0   0   1   0  12   3.24
Farmer                  2     4   1   1   0   1   0   9   3.14
Totals                  9    20   8   7   0   5   1  45

Wild Pitches: Trout (3)

Umpires: HP - Rick Reed, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson flied out to center; Washington grounded out
(third to first); G. Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Squires grounded out (shortstop to first);
Morrison singled to right; Molinaro walked [Morrison to second];
L. Johnson walked [Morrison to third, Molinaro to second]; Lemon
walked [Morrison scored, Molinaro to third, L. Johnson to
second]; Rain delay at 7:52 for 1 hour; Baines struck
out; Pryor flied to right in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 1.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae singled to center; McRae stole second; Trout
threw a wild pitch [McRae to third]; Wathan singled to left
[McRae scored]; Otis popped to shortstop; Porter homered [Wathan
scored]; Hurdle lined to right; White singled to left; Wilson
singled to left [White to second]; Washington singled to center
[White scored, Wilson to third]; G. Brett grounded out (first
unassisted); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Seilheimer was called out on strikes; Cruz popped
to first in foul territory; Squires flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, White Sox 1.

ROYALS 3RD: McRae singled to left; ROBINSON REPLACED TROUT
(PITCHING); Wathan flied out to right; Otis flied out to center;
McRae stole second; Porter singled to center [McRae scored];
Hurdle struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Morrison walked; Molinaro struck out; L. Johnson
lined to left; Lemon forced Morrison (shortstop to second); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, White Sox 1.

ROYALS 4TH: White struck out; Wilson struck out; Washington
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Baines struck out; Pryor popped to second;
Seilheimer singled to right; Cruz forced Seilheimer (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, White Sox 1.

ROYALS 5TH: G. Brett singled to right; McRae singled to left [G.
Brett to third, McRae out at second (left to third to second)];
Wathan doubled to left [G. Brett scored, Wathan out at third
(left to third)]; Otis singled to center; HOFFMAN REPLACED
ROBINSON (PITCHING); Porter singled to center [Otis to second];
Hurdle forced Porter (second to shortstop); 1 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 6, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Squires flied out to right; Morrison popped to
second; Molinaro flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 6, White Sox 1.

ROYALS 6TH: White grounded out (third to first); Wilson singled
to left; Washington was called out on strikes; G. Brett reached
on an error by Cruz [Wilson to third]; McRae singled to left
[Wilson scored (unearned), G. Brett to second]; Wathan forced
McRae (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 7, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: L. Johnson popped to catcher in foul territory;
Lemon flied out to left; Baines lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 7, White Sox 1.

ROYALS 7TH: BOSLEY REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING CF); Otis grounded
out (second to first); 34 minute rain delay; Porter
doubled to right; Hurdle grounded out (second to first) [Porter
to third]; White flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 7, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: PATTIN REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); On a bunt Pryor
grounded out (pitcher to first); Seilheimer popped to third in
foul territory; Cruz popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 7, White Sox 1.

ROYALS 8TH: FARMER REPLACED HOFFMAN (PITCHING); KIMM REPLACED
SEILHEIMER (PLAYING C ); Wilson singled to left; Washington
struck out; G. Brett singled to right [Wilson to third]; McRae
singled to center [Wilson scored, G. Brett to third (error by
Bosley)]; Wathan grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [McRae out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Royals 8, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: TORRES REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING RF); MULLINIKS
REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING 2B); Squires tripled to right; Morrison
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Squires scored]; Molinaro singled
to right; L. Johnson forced Molinaro (shortstop to second);
Bosley forced L. Johnson (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 8, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Otis singled to center; Porter flied out to right;
Torres popped to shortstop; Mulliniks lined to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 8, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: QUIRK REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING C ); CHALK
REPLACED G. BRETT (PLAYING 3B); Baines popped to third; Pryor
grounded out (third to first); Kimm flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 8, White Sox 2.