The Kansas City Royals lost to the Oakland Athletics, 4 to 3, on October 4, 1981.

1981 Kansas City Royals

Final

KCR

Royals

49-53

3

1

2

0

2

0

1

3

1

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

2

7

1

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

R

4

3

H

8

8

E

0

1

Top 1st

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Double by Tony Armas; Dwayne Murphy scored.

1

0

Athletics

Single by Mickey Klutts; Tony Armas scored.

2

0

Bottom 2nd

OAK

KCR

Royals

Single by Clint Hurdle; Amos Otis scored.

2

1

Top 3rd

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Cliff Johnson; Rickey Henderson scored.

3

1

Bottom 6th

OAK

KCR

Royals

Single by Amos Otis; Frank White scored.

3

2

Royals

Single by Hal McRae; Willie Aikens scored.

3

3

Top 7th

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Home run by Dave McKay.

4

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
Dwayne Murphy CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Cliff Johnson DH 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jimmy Sexton PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Davis PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tony Armas RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mickey Klutts 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Kelvin Moore 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Mike Heath C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dave McKay 2B 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Fred Stanley SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Keith Drumright PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Picciolo SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4 1 3 5 0 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Matt Keough (W) 7.1 7 3 3 0 2 0
Tom Underwood 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dave Beard (S) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 8 3 3 1 4 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank White 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
George Brett 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Willie Aikens 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Amos Otis CF 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2
Hal McRae DH 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Clint Hurdle RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Darryl Motley PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wathan C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamie Quirk PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
U L Washington SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee May PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3 0 1 4 1 0 8

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry Gura (L) 7.0 7 4 4 2 4 1
Dan Quisenberry 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 8 4 4 3 5 1

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

26

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.350

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

37

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

29

10th

R

132

12th

SO

204

28th

ERA

3.14

4th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
19 8 .704
Royals Royals
17 11 .607 2.5
Tigers Tigers
15 12 .556 4.0
Twins Twins
13 13 .500 5.5
White Sox White Sox
5 22 .185 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Tue
4/30
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Wed
5/1
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Fri
5/3
TEX TEX
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

15-12

6

Final

5

KCR Royals

17-11

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
4-2
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8-4
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
16-5
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
11-4
Fri
4/26
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM