The Oakland Athletics came up just a bit short against the Kansas City Royals, 6 to 5, on September 13, 1981.

1981 Oakland Athletics

Final

KCR

Royals

38-45

6

1

1

0

2

1

0

3

0

1

4

1

0

5

0

0

6

2

0

7

0

3

8

0

1

9

0

0

10

0

0

11

0

0

12

1

0

R

6

5

H

17

14

E

0

1

Top 1st

KCR

OAK

Royals

Single by Amos Otis; George Brett scored.

1

0

Top 2nd

KCR

OAK

Royals

Sacrifice hit by U L Washington; Error by Mike Heath; Clint Hurdle scored.

2

0

Bottom 3rd

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Rob Picciolo.

2

1

Top 4th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Single by U L Washington; Hal McRae scored.

3

1

Top 6th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Single by Clint Hurdle; Amos Otis scored.

4

1

Royals

Sacrifice fly by U L Washington; Hal McRae scored.

5

1

Bottom 7th

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Single by Rob Picciolo; Mickey Klutts scored.

5

2

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Rickey Henderson; Kelvin Moore scored.

5

3

Athletics

Single by Dwayne Murphy; Dave McKay scored.

5

4

Bottom 8th

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Single by Jim Spencer; Jimmy Sexton scored.

5

5

Top 12th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Single by Willie Wilson; Cesar Geronimo scored.

6

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Frank White 2B 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Brett 3B 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Willie Aikens 1B 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Amos Otis CF 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 2
Hal McRae DH 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Clint Hurdle RF 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Cesar Geronimo PR,RF 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
John Wathan C 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
U L Washington SS 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 2
Ken Phelps PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Onix Concepcion SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 6 17 5 0 5 6 1 2 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Jones 6.1 8 4 4 2 7 1
Dan Quisenberry 2.2 5 1 1 0 2 0
Paul Splittorff (W) 3.0 1 0 0 2 3 0
Totals 12.0 14 5 5 4 12 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
Dwayne Murphy CF 5 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1
Cliff Johnson DH 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Mitchell Page PR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Tony Armas RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Wayne Gross 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jimmy Sexton PR,3B 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Mickey Klutts 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Jim Nettles RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Bosetti PH,RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Heath C 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Kelvin Moore 1B 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jim Spencer PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Davis PR,1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Newman PH,1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave McKay 2B 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Rob Picciolo SS 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Keith Drumright PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Stanley SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 5 14 5 1 4 12 2 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve McCatty 6.1 11 5 4 2 2 0
Jeff Jones 4.0 3 0 0 3 2 0
Tom Underwood 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Beard (L) 1.1 3 1 1 0 2 0
Totals 12.0 17 6 5 5 6 0

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More Athletics Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

4

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

RBI

9

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

AVG

.303

Nevin

Tyler Nevin

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Kelly

Michael Kelly

K

18

Stripling

Ross Stripling

ERA

1.08

Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

Team Rankings

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HR

17

19th

R

56

29th

SO

151

21st

ERA

3.72

9th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Rangers Rangers
11 9 .550
Angels Angels
9 10 .474 1.5
Mariners Mariners
9 10 .474 1.5
Athletics Athletics
8 11 .421 2.5
Astros Astros
6 14 .300 5.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
OAK OAK
@
CLE CLE
7:10 PM
Sat
4/20
OAK OAK
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Sun
4/21
OAK OAK
@
CLE CLE
1:40 PM
Mon
4/22
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
1:05 PM
Tue
4/23
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM

Last Game

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6

Final

3

Wed 17 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
Wed
4/17
ARI ARI
@
SFG SFG
0-6
Wed
4/17
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
1-2
Wed
4/17
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
5-4
Wed
4/17
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
9-7
Tue
4/16
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
1-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Fri
4/19
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
CWS CWS
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
LAA LAA
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
HOU HOU
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM