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George Brett went hitless in three official trips, dropping his average to .403, but the Royals defeated the Rangers, 4-3, on a run-scoring single by Frank White in the ninth inning. The Royals held a 3-0 lead going into the eighth when the Rangers erupted to tie the score with a two-run homer by Billy Sample and solo shot by Richie Zisk. Kansas City Royals 4, Texas Rangers 3Game Played on Sunday, August 31, 1980 (Day game) at Royals StadiumRangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 10 1
Royals 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 4 7 0
Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Rivers cf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .329 Wilson lf,cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .329
Sample rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .230 McRae dh 3 0 1 0 2 0 .313
Grubb ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .296 G. Brett 3b 3 0 0 0 2 0 .403
Oliver lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .311 Aikens 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .272
Zisk dh 4 1 1 1 0 1 .290 LaCock pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .193
Ellis 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Chalk ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259
Putnam ph,1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Porter c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272
Roberts 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Otis cf 1 1 0 0 1 0 .259
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Cardenal lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .218
Richardt 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .333 Hurdle rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .306
Frias ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Wathan c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
Clay p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Quirk pr,c,1b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .273
Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 3 2 1 1 2 0 .256
Darwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mulliniks ss 2 0 1 1 1 0 .212
Washington ph,ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 .275
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 3 10 3 1 2 Totals 31 4 7 4 10 1
Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 37,390
Left on Base: Rangers 8, Royals 15
DP: Rangers 0, Royals 0
Errors: Richardt
Doubles: Oliver (33), Putnam (15), Mulliniks (2), Hurdle (27)
Home Runs: Sample (3), Zisk (19)
Stolen Bases: White 2 (15), Wilson (57), Otis (10)
Caught Stealing: Quirk (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Frias (12), Wilson (5)
Hit by Pitch: Otis (3,by Clay), Wathan (3,by Clay)
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Clay 4.2 4 3 3 7 0 0 27 3.16
Lyle L(3-2) 3.2 2 1 1 3 1 0 16 4.26
Darwin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.46
Totals 8.1 7 4 4 10 1 0 44
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Splittorff 7.2 8 3 3 0 2 2 31 4.40
Quisenberry W(11-5) 1.1 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 2.61
Totals 9 10 3 3 1 2 2 38
Hit by Pitch: Clay 2 (3)
Wild Pitches: Clay (5)
Umpires: HP - Mark Johnson, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Dan Morrison, 3B - Ken Kaiser
RANGERS 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Sample lined
to center; Oliver doubled to left; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (first to pitcher); McRae
singled to center; G. Brett walked [McRae to second]; Aikens
flied out to center; Otis was hit by a pitch [McRae to third, G.
Brett to second]; Hurdle popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Rangers 0, Royals 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Ellis flied out to right; Roberts flied out to
left; Sundberg singled to center; Richardt grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Wathan was hit by a pitch; QUIRK RAN FOR WATHAN;
White forced Quirk (shortstop to second); John Wathan
beaned; White stole second; Mulliniks grounded out (second
to first) [White to third]; Wilson singled to center [White
scored]; Wilson stole second; McRae flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1.
RANGERS 3RD: QUIRK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Frias struck
out; Rivers singled to right; Sample singled to left [Rivers to
second]; Oliver flied out to left; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1.
ROYALS 3RD: G. Brett walked; Aikens grounded out (second to
first) [G. Brett to second]; Otis lined to left; Hurdle flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1.
RANGERS 4TH: Ellis grounded out (third to first); Roberts flied
out to center; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Quirk grounded out (shortstop to first); White
walked; White stole second; Mulliniks doubled [White scored];
Wilson flied out to right; McRae walked; G. Brett flied out to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 2.
RANGERS 5TH: Richardt singled to left; Frias out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Richardt to second]; Rivers lined to
left; Sample grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Aikens flied out to center; Otis walked; Otis stole
second; Hurdle grounded out (second to first) [Otis to third];
Quirk singled to left [Otis scored]; White walked [Quirk to
second]; Clay threw a wild pitch [Quirk to third, White to
second]; Mulliniks walked; LYLE REPLACED CLAY (PITCHING); Wilson
lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 3.
RANGERS 6TH: WILSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); CARDENAL
REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING LF); Oliver flied out to left; Zisk flied
out to center; Ellis popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 3.
ROYALS 6TH: McRae flied out to right; G. Brett grounded out
(shortstop to first); Aikens reached on an error by Richardt;
LACOCK RAN FOR AIKENS; Cardenal flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 3.
RANGERS 7TH: LACOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Roberts flied
out to left; Sundberg flied out to right; Richardt grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 3.
ROYALS 7TH: Hurdle struck out; Quirk singled to left; Quirk was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); White flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 3.
RANGERS 8TH: Frias grounded out (pitcher to first); Rivers
singled to second; Sample homered [Rivers scored]; Oliver
grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk homered; QUISENBERRY
REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); PUTNAM BATTED FOR ELLIS; Putnam
doubled to center; Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 3.
ROYALS 8TH: PUTNAM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WASHINGTON
BATTED FOR MULLINIKS; Washington walked; Wilson out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Washington to second]; McRae
was walked intentionally; G. Brett flied out to center; CHALK
BATTED FOR LACOCK; Chalk popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 3.
RANGERS 9TH: PORTER REPLACED CHALK (PLAYING C ); QUIRK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS);
Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Richardt singled to
left; Frias grounded out (third to first) [Richardt to second];
Rivers was walked intentionally; GRUBB BATTED FOR SAMPLE; Grubb
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers
3, Royals 3.
ROYALS 9TH: GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Cardenal flied
out to right; Hurdle doubled to right; Quirk was walked
intentionally; DARWIN REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING); White singled to
left [Hurdle scored, Quirk to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 3, Royals 4.
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