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.

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