Although George Brett's hitting streak was stopped at 30 games, the Royals rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Rangers, 4-3. Brett popped out to center field in the first inning, grounded to second in the third, walked on a 3-2 pitch in the sixth and grounded to first in the ninth. Kansas City Royals 4, Texas Rangers 3Game Played on Tuesday, August 19, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumRoyals 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 4 8 3 Rangers 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 - 3 8 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .329 Rivers cf 5 0 3 2 0 0 .317 Washington ss 4 2 1 0 0 0 .265 Wills 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .249 G. Brett 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .401 Oliver lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .307 McRae dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .309 Bell 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .336 Otis cf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .260 Zisk dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .287 Wathan c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .311 Sample pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Aikens 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .286 Putnam 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Mulliniks pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Grubb rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .297 LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189 Sundberg c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .264 White 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Frias ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Torres rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .171 Norris ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 Chalk ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Roberts ss 2 1 0 0 0 1 .237 Hurdle rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .303 Staub ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .329 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Matlack p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Twitty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Darwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 8 4 1 3 Totals 35 3 8 3 2 7 Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 17,800 Left on Base: Royals 5, Rangers 8 DP: Royals 0, Rangers 0 Errors: Washington 2, G. Brett, Roberts Doubles: McRae (31), Rivers (27) Caught Stealing: G. Brett (5) Sacrifice Hits: Bell (4) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard 7.1 8 3 2 2 5 0 32 3.99 Twitty W(2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6.57 Quisenberry SV(27) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.88 Totals 9 8 3 2 2 7 0 38 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack 8.1 5 3 2 1 3 0 31 3.43 Darwin L(10-2) 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2.48 Johnson 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.55 Totals 9 8 4 3 1 3 0 36 Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Jim McKean ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (third to first); Washington singled to right; G. Brett flied out to center; McRae singled to center [Washington to second]; Otis singled to center [Washington scored, McRae to second]; Wathan struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Rivers doubled to right; Wills struck out; Oliver struck out; Bell walked; Zisk flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. ROYALS 2ND: Aikens grounded out (second to first); White grounded out (third to first); Torres flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Putnam struck out; Grubb struck out; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. ROYALS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (third to first); Washington grounded out (first to pitcher); G. Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Frias popped to first; Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); Wills singled to right; Oliver flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. ROYALS 4TH: McRae grounded out (third to first); Otis struck out; Wathan popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Bell flied out to center; Zisk flied to right in foul territory; Putnam popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. ROYALS 5TH: Aikens singled to right; White popped to second; Torres popped to second; Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Grubb singled to left; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first) [Grubb to second]; NORRIS BATTED FOR FRIAS; Norris walked; Rivers singled to center [Grubb scored, Norris to second]; Wills flied out to center; Oliver lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 1. ROYALS 6TH: ROBERTS REPLACED NORRIS (PLAYING SS); Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); G. Brett walked; G. Brett was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 6TH: Bell lined to center; Zisk struck out; Putnam flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 1. ROYALS 7TH: Otis flied out to center; Wathan grounded out (third to first); Aikens grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 7TH: Grubb flied out to right; Sundberg singled to left; Roberts reached on an error by G. Brett [Sundberg out at home (left to catcher), Roberts to third]; Rivers singled to shortstop [Roberts scored (unearned), Rivers to second (error by Washington)]; Wills lined to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 2. ROYALS 8TH: White flied out to right; CHALK BATTED FOR TORRES; Chalk was called out on strikes; Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 2. RANGERS 8TH: HURDLE REPLACED CHALK (PLAYING RF); Oliver singled; Bell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Oliver to second]; Zisk singled to center [Oliver scored, Zisk to second (on throw to home)]; TWITTY REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); SAMPLE RAN FOR ZISK; Putnam grounded out (second to first); Grubb struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 3. ROYALS 9TH: SAMPLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Washington reached on an error by Roberts; G. Brett grounded out (first unassisted) [Washington to second]; George Brett's 30 game hitting streak stopped; McRae doubled to right [Washington scored (unearned)]; DARWIN REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Otis singled to right [McRae scored]; Wathan singled to second [Otis to third]; JOHNSON REPLACED DARWIN (PITCHING); Aikens singled to center [Otis scored, Wathan to second]; MULLINIKS RAN FOR AIKENS; White forced Mulliniks (shortstop to second) [Wathan to third]; Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 3. RANGERS 9TH: LACOCK REPLACED MULLINIKS (PLAYING 1B); QUISENBERRY REPLACED TWITTY (PITCHING); Sundberg reached on an error by Washington; STAUB BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Staub struck out (strikeout was charged to Roberts); Rivers grounded out (second to first) [Sundberg to second]; Wills grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 3. |
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