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.