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Kansas City Royals 4 Baltimore Orioles 2

August 16,1979

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (62-58)

Home Team

Baltimore Orioles (78-40)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Memorial Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

18,932

Time of Game

2:31

Umpires

[HP]: Bill Haller [1B]: Rich Garcia [2B]: Nick Bremigan [3B]: Steve Palermo

Kansas City Royals 4 Baltimore Orioles 2

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2nd inning: BK.3-H **Frank White out trying to steal home but 3B umpire Steve Palermo**
2nd inning: BK.3-H **called the balk; Earl Weaver ejected by Palermo after bumping the**
2nd inning: BK.3-H **arbiter**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Royals	KCA	62-58		1	2	0		0	0	1		0	0	0			4	9	0		3	7	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	78-40		0	1	0		0	0	1		0	0	0			2	4	1		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Willie Wilson	lf	24.038	B	5	1	1	0		0	1	.294		112	264
2	Al Cowens	rf	27.295	R	5	0	2	0		0	1	.297		99	775
3	George Brett	3b	26.093	L	5	0	1	1		0	0	.329		117	848
4	Darrell Porter	c	27.211	L	2	0	0	0		2	0	.289		117	933
5	Pete LaCock	1b	27.211	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.285		97	566
6	Amos Otis	cf	32.112	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.291		114	1491
7	Jamie Quirk	dh	24.298	L	4	0	1	0		0	2	.315		35	223
8	Frank White	2b	28.346	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.254		86	794
9	Todd Cruz	ss	23.266	R	3	1	1	2		0	1	.209		41	44
Totals

2B: Frank White (17)

HR: Todd Cruz (2)

RBI: George Brett (77), Todd Cruz 2 (11)

SF: Todd Cruz (1)

GDP: Amos Otis (7)

SB: Willie Wilson (50), Al Cowens (8)

Baltimore Orioles - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Mark Belanger	ss	35.069	R	2	1	0	0		2	0	.173		73	1755
2	Benny Ayala	lf	28.190	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.271		27	73
3	Ken Singleton	rf	32.067	B	4	0	0	0		0	2	.287		118	1362
4	Lee May	dh	36.146	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.275		91	1888
5	Eddie Murray	1b	23.173	B	4	0	0	0		0	0	.286		118	439
6	Gary Roenicke	cf	24.254	R	3	1	1	1		0	0	.267		99	155
7	Doug DeCinces	3b	28.352	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.229		81	574
8	Rich Dauer	2b	27.020	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.251		106	346
9	Dave Skaggs	c	28.065	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.221		43	159
	Rick Dempsey	ph-c	29.337	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.245		94	562
Totals

HR: Gary Roenicke (18)

RBI: Lee May (60), Gary Roenicke (45)

GDP: Dave Skaggs (6)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Paul Splittorff	L	W 12-12	9.0	4	2	2	2	3	1		3.82	1.34		27	297
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Paul Splittorff (0-0-0)

Baltimore Orioles - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dennis Martinez	R	L 14-9	9.0	9	3	3	3	6	1		3.69	1.18		30	116
Totals				0.0

BK: Dennis Martinez (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Martinez (0-0-0)