Thursday September 11, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
The Royals reduced their magic number to five for clinching the A.L. West title by defeating the Angels, 7-2, behind the four-hit hurling of Dennis Leonard. A two-run homer by Willie Aikens climaxed a three-run third inning and K.C. put the game away in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Jose Cardenal and Jamie Quirk's RBI single. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 7, California Angels 2

Game Played on Thursday, September 11, 1980 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Royals 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 - 7 10 1 Angels 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 3 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .324 Thon ss 4 0 1 0 0 3 .253 White 2b 5 0 3 1 0 0 .267 Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .262 McRae dh 4 2 0 0 1 0 .300 Carew 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .332 Aikens 1b 4 2 2 2 1 0 .281 Whitmer c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Thompson dh 2 1 1 2 2 0 .276 Porter c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .263 Ford rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .284 Otis cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .258 Grich 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .275 Hurdle rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .293 Clark lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Cardenal ph,rf 1 0 0 1 0 1 .247 Miller cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Quirk 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .284 Skaggs c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Washington ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .271 Harris ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ferris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schuler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Knapp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Halicki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 7 10 5 4 3 Totals 30 2 4 2 3 6 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 22,844 Left on Base: Royals 6, Angels 4 DP: Royals 2, Angels 2 Errors: Quirk, Thon, Lansford, Skaggs Doubles: Grich (20) Triples: Wilson (14) Home Runs: Aikens (17), Thompson (18) Stolen Bases: White 2 (18), Wilson (62), McRae (10) Sacrifice Flies: Cardenal (1) GIDP: Quirk (6), Ford (14), Grich (13) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(18-9) 9 4 2 2 3 6 1 33 3.89 Totals 9 4 2 2 3 6 1 33 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ferris L(0-1) 5.1 5 5 2 3 1 1 24 3.86 Schuler 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 13.50 Knapp 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 6.42 LaRoche 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 4.43 Halicki 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 4.50 Totals 9 10 7 4 4 3 1 40 Umpires: HP - Dallas Parks, 1B - Rocky Roe, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Mike Reilly ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); White singled to center; McRae flied out to right; White stole second; Aikens singled to shortstop [White to third]; Porter was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Thon struck out; Lansford flied out to right; Carew flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Hurdle grounded out (third to first); Quirk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Thompson walked; Ford grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Thompson out at second]; Grich singled to right; Clark popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ROYALS 3RD: Washington singled to left; Wilson grounded out (second to first) [Washington to second]; White grounded out (pitcher to first) [Washington to third]; McRae reached on an error by Thon [Washington scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Aikens homered (unearned) [McRae scored (unearned)]; Porter grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Miller grounded out (first unassisted); Skaggs popped to second; Thon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Angels 0. ROYALS 4TH: Otis popped to first in foul territory; Hurdle singled to third; Quirk grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hurdle out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Angels 0. ANGELS 4TH: Lansford popped to second; Carew walked; Thompson homered [Carew scored]; Ford struck out; Grich doubled to right; Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Angels 2. ROYALS 5TH: Washington flied out to right; Wilson flied out to center; On a bunt White grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Angels 2. ANGELS 5TH: Miller flied out to left; Skaggs grounded out (shortstop to first); Thon singled to center; Lansford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Angels 2. ROYALS 6TH: McRae walked; Aikens walked [McRae to second]; Porter flied out to left; Otis walked [McRae to third, Aikens to second]; SCHULER REPLACED FERRIS (PITCHING); CARDENAL BATTED FOR HURDLE; Cardenal hit a sacrifice fly to center [McRae scored]; Quirk singled to center [Aikens scored, Otis to third]; Washington flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Angels 2. ANGELS 6TH: CARDENAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Carew grounded out (second to first); Thompson popped to center; Ford flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Angels 2. ROYALS 7TH: KNAPP REPLACED SCHULER (PITCHING); Wilson singled to center; Wilson stole second [Wilson to third (error by Skaggs)]; White singled to left [Wilson scored]; White stole second; McRae grounded out (second to first) [White to third]; LAROCHE REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); Aikens grounded out (second to first); Porter walked; Otis forced Porter (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Angels 2. ANGELS 7TH: Grich struck out; Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Angels 2. ROYALS 8TH: Cardenal struck out; Quirk grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Angels 2. ANGELS 8TH: HARRIS BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Harris struck out; Thon struck out; Lansford reached on an error by Quirk; Carew grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Angels 2. ROYALS 9TH: HARRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WHITMER REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING C ); HALICKI REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Wilson tripled to right; White singled to third [Wilson scored (error by Lansford) (no RBI)]; McRae forced White (shortstop to second); McRae stole second; Aikens lined into a double play (center to second) [McRae out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Angels 2. ANGELS 9TH: LACOCK REPLACED AIKENS (PLAYING 1B); Thompson walked; Ford flied out to center; Grich grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Angels 2.

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