KCA @ PHI

October 15, 1980

Final Score: KCA 4 - PHI 6

Game Information

Ballpark
Veterans Stadium
Attendance
65,775
Game Duration
181 minutes
Day/Night
Night
Winning Pitcher
Steve Carlton
Losing Pitcher
Dan Quisenberry
Save
Ron Reed

Umpires

Home Plate
Bill Kunkel
First Base
Paul Pryor
Second Base
Don Denkinger
Third Base
Dutch Rennert

Line Score

KCA @ PHI — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
KCA 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 11 0
PHI 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 x 6 8 1

KCA Batting

KCA @ PHI — KCA Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Willie Aikens 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333
George Brett 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Jose Cardenal 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Dave Chalk 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Larry Gura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Pete LaCock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hal McRae 4 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .750
Amos Otis 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .400
Darrell Porter 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Dan Quisenberry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
U. L. Washington 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250
John Wathan 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Frank White 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Willie Wilson 4 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .250
Team Totals 34 4 11 3 6 12 1 0 0 2 .324

PHI Batting

KCA @ PHI — PHI Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Bob Boone 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Larry Bowa 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Steve Carlton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Greg Gross 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Garry Maddox 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333
Bake McBride 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Keith Moreland 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Ron Reed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Pete Rose 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mike Schmidt 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500
Lonnie Smith 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Manny Trillo 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Del Unser 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Team Totals 29 6 8 6 3 2 3 0 0 0 .276

KCA Pitching

KCA @ PHI — KCA Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Larry Gura - 6.0 4 2 2 2 2 0 3.00
Dan Quisenberry (L) L 2.0 4 4 4 1 0 0 18.00
Team Totals 8.0 8 6 6 3 2 0 6.75

PHI Pitching

KCA @ PHI — PHI Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Steve Carlton (W) W 8.0 10 4 3 6 10 0 3.38
Ron Reed (SV) SV 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Team Totals 9.0 11 4 3 6 12 0 3.00

Kansas City Royals at Philadelphia Phillies, October 15, 1980

On October 15, 1980, the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-4 at Veterans Stadium in the World Series. The information panel shows attendance of 65,775, a game time of 181 minutes, and a night start. The Kansas City Royals' runs came in the sixth and seventh innings, 3 of them in the seventh. The line score has the Philadelphia Phillies crossing the plate in the fifth and eighth; the eighth brought 4 runs. The Kansas City Royals had 11 hits and the Philadelphia Phillies 8, with 0 and 1 errors. Steve Carlton was the winning pitcher, allowing 3 earned runs on 10 hits in 8.0 innings. Dan Quisenberry took the loss after 2.0 innings and 4 runs. The save went to Ron Reed. Steve Carlton led all pitchers with 10 strikeouts. For the Kansas City Royals, Hal McRae went 3 for 4. Amos Otis drove in 2 for the Kansas City Royals. For the Philadelphia Phillies, Keith Moreland went 2 for 4 and 1 RBI. The home-plate umpire was Bill Kunkel.

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