Dan Quisenberry recorded his major league-leading 32nd save as the Royals outlasted the Indians, 6-4. K.C. grabbed a 2-0 lead in their first turn at bat on Willie Aikens' two-run homer. Hal McRae and Aikens stroked RBI singles in the fifth and Quisenberry came on in the seventh to strike out Joe Charboneau with the bases loaded. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 6, Cleveland Indians 4

Game Played on Sunday, September 7, 1980 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium

Royals 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 - 6 13 0 Indians 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 4 9 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 5 2 2 1 0 0 .325 Dilone lf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .345 White 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .261 Orta rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .294 McRae dh 4 1 2 2 0 1 .307 Hargrove 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .298 Aikens 1b 5 1 3 3 0 0 .278 Charboneau dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .284 LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Harrah 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .267 Otis cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Hassey c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .309 Porter c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .268 Bannister 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Hurdle rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .296 Manning cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .232 Cardenal ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Quirk 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .278 Alexander ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .205 Chalk ph,3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Dybzinski ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Washington ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Garland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Owchinko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 K. Brett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 6 13 6 1 1 Totals 35 4 9 4 3 3 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 8,990 Left on Base: Royals 7, Indians 8 DP: Royals 1, Indians 0 Errors: Veryzer Doubles: White (18), Wilson (27), Harrah (17) Home Runs: Aikens (15) Sacrifice Hits: White (9) Sacrifice Flies: McRae (4) Hit by Pitch: Hargrove (7,by K. Brett) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(17-9) 6.2 7 4 4 2 1 0 28 3.96 K. Brett 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.00 Quisenberry SV(32) 2.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 9 3.02 Totals 9 9 4 4 3 3 0 39 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Garland L(6-8) 5.1 9 5 4 1 0 1 26 4.45 Owchinko 2.2 4 1 1 0 1 0 11 6.03 Cruz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.38 Totals 9 13 6 5 1 1 1 40 Passed Balls: Porter (9) Hit by Pitch: K. Brett (1) Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Al Clark, 3B - Larry McCoy ROYALS 1ST: Umpire Dave Phillips missed game for unknown reason; Wilson grounded out (second to first); White made an out to first; McRae singled to center; Aikens homered [McRae scored]; Otis flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Dilone flied out to left; Orta flied out to left; Hargrove singled to center; Charboneau walked [Hargrove to second]; Harrah singled to center [Hargrove scored, Charboneau to third]; Hassey walked [Harrah to second]; Bannister grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 1. ROYALS 2ND: Porter flied out to left; Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to first); Quirk lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 1. INDIANS 2ND: Manning singled to center; Veryzer lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Manning out at first]; Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 1. ROYALS 3RD: Washington flied out to left; Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); White grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 1. INDIANS 3RD: Orta made an out to third; Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Charboneau grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 1. ROYALS 4TH: McRae grounded out (second to first); Aikens singled to center; Otis singled to left [Aikens to second]; Porter walked [Aikens to third, Otis to second]; Hurdle made an out to second; Quirk grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 1. INDIANS 4TH: Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); Hassey made an out to shortstop; Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 1. ROYALS 5TH: Washington grounded out (first unassisted); Wilson reached on an error by Veryzer; White doubled to left [Wilson to third]; McRae singled to center [Wilson scored (unearned), White to third]; Aikens singled to right [White scored, McRae out at third (right to shortstop)]; Otis forced Aikens (shortstop to second); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 1. INDIANS 5TH: Manning struck out; Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Dilone flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 1. ROYALS 6TH: Porter singled to right; Hurdle flied out to center; Quirk singled to left [Porter to second]; OWCHINKO REPLACED GARLAND (PITCHING); Washington forced Quirk (third to second) [Porter to third]; Wilson singled to right [Porter scored, Washington to second]; White singled to center [Washington to third, Wilson out at third (center to shortstop)]; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Indians 1. INDIANS 6TH: Orta flied out to right; Hargrove flied out to right; Charboneau flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Indians 1. ROYALS 7TH: McRae was called out on strikes; Aikens grounded out (third to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Indians 1. INDIANS 7TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Hassey singled to right; Bannister singled to left [Hassey to second]; Manning forced Bannister (second to shortstop) [Hassey to third]; ALEXANDER BATTED FOR VERYZER; Alexander singled to left [Hassey scored, Manning to third]; Dilone singled to center [Manning scored, Alexander to second]; K. BRETT REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Porter allowed a passed ball [Alexander to third, Dilone to second]; Orta walked; Hargrove was hit by a pitch [Alexander scored, Dilone to third, Orta to second]; QUISENBERRY REPLACED K. BRETT (PITCHING); Charboneau struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 5, Indians 4. ROYALS 8TH: DYBZINSKI REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING SS); Porter flied out to left; CARDENAL BATTED FOR HURDLE; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); CHALK BATTED FOR QUIRK; Chalk singled to center; Washington grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Indians 4. INDIANS 8TH: CARDENAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CHALK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Harrah doubled to left; Hassey grounded out (second to first) [Harrah to third]; Bannister grounded out (pitcher to first); Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Indians 4. ROYALS 9TH: Wilson doubled to right; CRUZ REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING); White out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Wilson to third]; McRae hit a sacrifice fly to right [Wilson scored]; Aikens grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Indians 4. INDIANS 9TH: LACOCK REPLACED AIKENS (PLAYING 1B); Dybzinski was called out on strikes; Dilone grounded out (third to first); Orta singled to center; Hargrove grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Indians 4.

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