Kansas City Royals 7, New York Yankees 2
League Championship Series Game 1 Played on Wednesday, October 8, 1980 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
Yankees 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 1 Royals 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 x - 7 10 0 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randolph 2b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .400 Wilson lf 5 0 1 2 0 1 .200 Dent ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Washington ss 4 0 1 0 1 2 .250 Watson 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Brett 3b 3 2 2 1 1 0 .667 Jackson rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 McRae dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Soderholm dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Otis cf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .500 Cerone c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Wathan rf 1 1 0 0 3 1 .000 Piniella lf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .333 Hurdle rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Aikens 1b 4 0 1 2 0 1 .250 Brown cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Porter c 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .750 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 2 10 2 1 4 Totals 32 7 10 7 5 7 Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 42,598 Left on Base: Yankees 9, Royals 7 DP: Yankees 1, Royals 0 Errors: Watson Doubles: Randolph (1), Rodriguez (1), Watson (1), Brett (1), White (1), Otis (1), Wilson (1) Home Runs: Cerone (1), Piniella (1), Brett (1) Stolen Bases: Otis (1), White (1) Caught Stealing: Washington (1), McRae (1) Sacrifice Hits: Dent (1) GIDP: Brett (1) Hit by Pitch: McRae (1,by Davis) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Guidry L(0-1) 3 5 4 4 4 2 0 17 12.00 Davis 4 3 1 1 1 3 1 15 2.25 Underwood 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 0.00 Totals 8 10 7 5 5 7 1 38 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura W(1-0) 9 10 2 2 1 4 2 38 2.00 Totals 9 10 2 2 1 4 2 38 Hit by Pitch: Davis (1) Wild Pitches: Guidry (1) Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Bill Haller, LF - Ken Kaiser, RF - George Maloney YANKEES 1ST: Randolph doubled to center; Dent out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Randolph to third]; Watson grounded out (third to first); Jackson flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Washington grounded out (third to first); Brett doubled to right; McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 0. YANKEES 2ND: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Cerone homered; Piniella homered; Rodriguez doubled to right; Brown grounded out (second to first) [Rodriguez to third]; Randolph popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis singled to center; Otis stole second; Wathan walked; Aikens was called out on strikes; Porter flied out to left; Guidry threw a wild pitch [Otis to third, Wathan to second]; White doubled to left [Otis scored, Wathan scored]; Wilson grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 2. YANKEES 3RD: Dent flied out to center; Watson doubled to right; Jackson grounded out (second to first) [Watson to third]; Soderholm flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 2. ROYALS 3RD: Washington walked; Washington was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Brett walked; McRae struck out; Otis doubled [Brett to third]; Wathan was walked intentionally; Aikens singled to left [Brett scored, Otis scored, Wathan to third]; Porter grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 4. YANKEES 4TH: Cerone flied out to right; Piniella walked; Rodriguez lined to center; Brown flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 4TH: DAVIS REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING); White singled to left; Wilson struck out; White stole second; Washington singled to left [White to third]; Brett grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Washington out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 4. YANKEES 5TH: Randolph was called out on strikes; Dent singled to left; Watson flied out to center; Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 5TH: McRae struck out; Otis flied out to right; Wathan walked; Aikens grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 4. YANKEES 6TH: Soderholm singled to left; Cerone forced Soderholm (third to second); Piniella struck out; Rodriguez forced Cerone (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 6TH: Porter grounded out (shortstop to first); White popped to third; Wilson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 4. YANKEES 7TH: Brown lined to right; Randolph flied out to center; Dent singled to center; Watson singled to right [Dent to third]; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 7TH: Washington was called out on strikes; Brett homered; McRae was hit by a pitch; McRae was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Otis grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 5. YANKEES 8TH: Soderholm flied to right; Cerone flied out to left; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 5. ROYALS 8TH: UNDERWOOD REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Wathan struck out; Aikens grounded out (pitcher to first); Porter reached on an error by Watson (assist by Dent); White singled to left [Porter to second]; Wilson doubled to center [Porter scored (unearned), White scored (unearned)]; Washington struck out (catcher to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 7. YANKEES 9TH: HURDLE REPLACED WATHAN (PLAYING RF); LACOCK REPLACED AIKENS (PLAYING 1B); Rodriguez popped to third; Brown struck out; Randolph singled to center; Dent popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 7.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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