Royals @ Orioles
August 19, 1979

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Bottom 10 R H E
Royals 11 13 1
Orioles 7 10 1
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Royals 11 13 1
Orioles 7 10 1

Dave Skaggs Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .221
OBP .000 .288
At Bats 0 95
Hits 0 21
• Singles 0 18
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 7

Steve Busby Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 6 0
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Memorial Stadium - August 19, 1979
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Steve Busby
Darrell Porter
John Wathan
Frank White
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Willie Wilson
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Dave Skaggs
Rich Dauer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 11 13 1 8
Baltimore Orioles 7 10 1 8
Winning Pitcher Steve Busby
Losing Pitcher Don Stanhouse
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Willie Wilson
Attendance 32,058
Time of Game 3 hours 49 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Skaggs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Rich Dauer pinch hits for Mark Belanger. Dauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Freddie Patek now playing shortstop. DeCinces strikes out.
Top 10 John Flinn now pitching. Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray scoops it up and throws to first, with Flinn covering, for the out.
Top 10 Brett takes first base on ball four. Cowens moves to second.
Top 10 Cowens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wilson scores.
Top 10 Freddie Patek pinch runs for Jamie Quirk. Wilson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Singleton who is chasing the ball. Wilson reaches third base with a triple. Wathan scores. White scores. Patek goes all the way around to score.
Top 10 Jamie Quirk pinch hits for Todd Cruz. Quirk takes first base on ball four. White moves to second.
Top 10 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out. Wathan moves to third.
Top 10 Hurdle is walked intentionally.
Top 10 Otis bunts towards the mound. Stanhouse fields it and throws to first for the out. Wathan moves to second.
Top 10 Wathan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Steve Busby now pitching. May is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Murray is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. Bumbry moves to third. Singleton moves to second.
Bottom 9 Singleton is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Smith bunts towards the mound. Hrabosky fields it and throws to first for the out. Bumbry moves to second.
Bottom 9 Al Hrabosky now pitching. Bumbry takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 There goes Brett. The throw from Skaggs and he is out, Belanger applying the tag.
Top 9 Porter strikes out.
Top 9 Brett takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Mark Belanger now playing shortstop. Dave Skaggs now catching. Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Mark Belanger pinch runs for Terry Crowley. Benny Ayala pinch hits for Kiko Garcia. Ayala hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Terry Crowley pinch hits for Rick Dempsey. Crowley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Crowley reaches second base with a double. May scores. DeCinces goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 8 DeCinces hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz misplays the ball. That's an error on Cruz. May moves to second.
Bottom 8 Kelly hits a line drive towards short. Cruz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dan Quisenberry now pitching. May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields it and has Murray trapped. There's the throw to Brett and over to White, who tags Murray for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Steve Mingori now pitching. Murray hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Murray reaches second base with a double. Smith scores. Singleton scores.
Bottom 8 Singleton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Singleton reaches second base with a double. Smith moves to third.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Don Stanhouse now pitching. Wilson hits a popup towards short. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cruz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Singleton. Cruz reaches second base with a double. Otis scores. White goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Otis moves to third.
Top 8 Hurdle strikes out.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Porter scores. Otis moves to second.
Top 8 Otis is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Wathan is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Porter moves to third.
Top 8 Wathan bunts towards the mound. Martinez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Porter moves to second.
Top 8 Porter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bumbry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Dempsey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 DeCinces hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 May hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Murray hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Singleton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith scores.
Bottom 6 John Wathan now playing first base. Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens who is chasing the ball. Smith reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Bumbry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 White hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hurdle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Otis moves to second.
Top 6 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 John Wathan pinch hits for Pete LaCock. Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bumbry hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Garcia strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dempsey hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Martinez covering. It's a double play.
Top 5 Brett takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Tippy Martinez now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Cowens moves to second.
Top 5 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Wilson bunts towards the mound. Stone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 DeCinces hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murray tags and scores.
Bottom 4 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Murray moves to third.
Bottom 4 Murray hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Singleton hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray scoops it up and throws to first, with Stone covering, for the out.
Top 4 Hurdle hits a fly ball into center field. Bumbry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a line drive towards first. LaCock reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bumbry hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Otis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Murray settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 LaCock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kelly. LaCock reaches second base with a double. Brett scores. Porter goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Porter takes first base on ball four. Brett moves to second.
Top 3 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Bumbry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dempsey hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 DeCinces hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Kelly hits a line drive into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cruz strikes out.
Top 2 White hits a popup, foul, towards first. Murray settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hurdle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Murray hits a popup towards short. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Singleton strikes out.
Bottom 1 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Bumbry hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Brett hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields it and throws to first for the out. Wilson moves to third.
Top 1 There goes Wilson. The throw from Dempsey and he is safe. Wilson steals second.
Top 1 Wilson bunts towards the mound. Stone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.