Darrell Porter became only the second catcher in A.L. history to reach the 100 mark in hits, runs and RBIs as the Royals clinched second place in the West division with a 6-2 victory over the A's. Porter drove in three runs with a pair of singles and scored once to raise his season totals to 154 hits, 100 runs scored and 112 runs driven in.

Mickey Cochrane of the Athletics in 1932 was the first A.L. catcher to achieve the all-round century feat. Willie Wilson stole two bases for the Royals to raise his theft total to 83. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Saturday, September 29, 1979 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
A's          2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  1
Royals       0  0  1    0  2  2    0  1  x  -   6 11  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .272      Wilson cf             4   1   3   0     1   0   .316
Murphy cf             3   1   2   1     1   0   .250      Porter dh             3   1   2   3     2   0   .291
Revering dh           3   0   0   1     0   2   .287      LaCock 1b             4   0   0   1     0   0   .277
Newman 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .231      Quirk c               4   0   1   1     0   0   .304
Essian c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .245      Hurdle rf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .237
Wallis rf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .122      Nettles lf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .091
Edwards 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Washington ss         3   1   1   0     1   0   .256
Heath 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .252      Cruz 3b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .197
Picciolo ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Barranca 2b           4   3   3   0     0   0   .600
Morgan p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Martin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   6   2     3   3             Totals               33   6  11   5     5   3

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 24,856
Left on Base: A's 5, Royals 9
DP: A's 0, Royals 3
Errors: Edwards, Cruz
Doubles: Barranca (1), Quirk (6)
Triples: Murphy (4)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (31), Wilson 2 (83), Barranca (3)
Caught Stealing: Washington (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Revering (5), LaCock (6)
GIDP: Murphy (10), Picciolo (9), Newman (18)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morgan L(2-10)          8    11   6   6   5   3   0  39   5.94
Totals                  8    11   6   6   5   3   0  39

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(15-17)     5.2   4   2   2   3   2   0  24   4.24
Martin SV(5)            3.1   2   0   0   0   1   0  10   5.19
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   3   0  34

Wild Pitches: Morgan (7)

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Dave Phillips


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to center; Henderson stole
second; Murphy tripled [Henderson scored]; Revering hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Murphy scored]; Newman grounded out
(third to first); Essian flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to center; Wilson stole second;
Porter grounded out (first unassisted) [Wilson to third]; LaCock
lined to pitcher; Quirk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Wallis was called out on strikes; Edwards
grounded out (third to first); Heath lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Hurdle was called out on strikes; Nettles grounded
out (pitcher to first); Washington singled to center; Washington
was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop to pitcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo reached on an error by Cruz; Henderson
forced Picciolo (pitcher to shortstop); Murphy grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Henderson out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Cruz flied out to left; Barranca singled to right;
On a bunt Wilson singled [Barranca to second]; Morgan threw a
wild pitch [Barranca to third, Wilson to second]; Porter walked;
LaCock lined out on a sacrifice fly to left [Barranca scored];
Quirk flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering struck out; Newman flied out to left;
Essian walked; Wallis singled to right [Essian to third];
Edwards forced Wallis (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Hurdle singled to right; Nettles struck out;
Washington lined to center; Cruz forced Hurdle (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Heath lined to left; Picciolo grounded out
(pitcher to first); Henderson grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Barranca doubled to right; Wilson lined to right
[Barranca to third]; Porter walked; Barranca advanced to home
(error by Edwards) and Porter advanced to second; LaCock flied
out to center; Quirk doubled [Porter scored]; Hurdle struck out;
2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Murphy walked; Revering flied out to center;
Newman singled to left [Murphy to second]; Essian flied out to
left [Murphy to third]; Wallis walked [Newman to second]; MARTIN
REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Edwards grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Nettles lined to center; Washington walked; Cruz
flied out to center; Barranca singled to right [Washington to
third]; Barranca stole second; Wilson walked; Porter singled to
center [Washington scored, Barranca scored, Wilson to third];
LaCock forced Porter (shortstop unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Heath singled to right; Picciolo grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Heath out at second];
Henderson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Quirk lined to second; Hurdle grounded out (second
to first); Nettles walked; Washington grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Murphy singled to center; Revering was called out
on strikes; Newman grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Barranca lined
to right; Wilson singled to center; Wilson stole second; Porter
singled to left [Wilson scored]; LaCock grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Essian popped to second; Wallis grounded out
(second to first); Edwards flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 6.