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Athletics 4 @ Royals 2
Royals Stadium
May 21, 1980

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics, played on May 21, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 4 to 2.

Game Summary

DateMay 21, 1980 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 4 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 14
Runs: 4
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 14
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 2 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 2
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherBob Lacey  
Losing PitcherDan Quisenberry  
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Game Winning RBITony Armas 

Game Info

DateMay 21, 1980 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherBrian Kingman  
Home Starting PitcherLarry Gura  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance24,030 
Time of Game4 hours 14 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Vic Voltaggio
1B: Bill Haller
2B: Russ Goetz
3B: George Maloney

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rickey Henderson  Left Fielder 
Dwayne Murphy  Center Fielder 
Tony Armas  Right Fielder 
Randy Elliott  DH 
Jeff Newman  First Baseman 
Mike Heath  Catcher 
Mickey Klutts  Third Baseman 
Mario Guerrero  Shortstop 
Rob Picciolo  Second Baseman 
Billy Martin  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Wilson  Center Fielder 
U L Washington  Shortstop 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Darrell Porter  DH 
Willie Aikens  First Baseman 
John Wathan  Catcher 
Jamie Quirk  Left Fielder 
Frank White  Second Baseman 
Clint Hurdle  Right Fielder 
Jim Frey  Manager 

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Athletics 4 @ Royals 2
Royals Stadium
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         Game of 5/21/1980 -- Oakland at Kansas City (N)

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Henderson R, lf       5  1  3  0   Wilson W, cf          6  0  0  0   
Murphy D, cf          5  0  0  0   Washington U, ss      6  0  1  0   
Armas T, rf           6  1  1  2   Brett G, 3b           6  0  0  0   
Elliott R, dh         6  1  1  0   Porter D, dh          6  0  2  0   
Page M, ph            1  0  0  0   Aikens W, 1b          4  1  3  0   
Newman J, 1b          4  0  0  0   Terrell J, pr-lf      1  0  0  0   
Gross W, 1b           3  0  1  1   Wathan J, c           6  1  1  0   
Heath M, c            5  0  2  1   Quirk J, lf           3  0  0  0   
Klutts M, 3b          6  0  3  0   Torres R, pr-lf-rf    1  0  0  0   
Guerrero M, ss        6  0  1  0   White F, 2b           6  0  1  0   
Picciolo R, 2b        5  1  2  0   Hurdle C, rf          2  0  0  0   
Davis M, ph           1  0  0  0   Chalk D, ph           1  0  1  2   
McKay D, 2b           0  0  0  0   LaCock P, rf-1b       2  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     53  4 14  4                        50  2  9  2

Oakland          000 110 000 000 02 --  4
Kansas City      000 000 002 000 00 --  2

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kingman B*            8.0  5  1  1  3  3
Jones J               0.1  1  1  1  0  1
Lacey B (W)           5.2  3  0  0  1  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gura L               13.0 12  2  2  2  6
Quisenberry D (L)     1.0  2  2  2  2  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Brett G, Newman J
LOB -- Oakland 14, Kansas City 12
2B -- Aikens W 2, Heath M, Chalk D
SB -- Henderson R 2, Wilson W
SH -- Hurdle C, Murphy D, Quirk J, Henderson R
SF -- Armas T
T -- 4:14
A -- 24030

    

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