Reaching their season high for hits and runs, the Royals buried the A's, 16-3, with a 21-hit bombardment. A three-run homer by John Wathan highlighted an eight-run fourth inning. Renie Martin went the route in raising his record to 5-1. The converted reliever allowed solo homers to Tony Armas and Wayne Gross but remained unbeaten in four major league starts, all in May. His defeat came in April as a reliever. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 16, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Thursday, May       22, 1980 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  1  -   3  7  2
Royals       4  1  0    8  0  0    3  0  x  -  16 21  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .267      Wilson cf             6   3   3   1     0   2   .296
Murphy cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .301      White 2b              6   1   2   2     0   1   .289
  Davis rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .083      G. Brett 3b           5   2   2   1     1   1   .255
Page dh               4   1   2   0     0   0   .237      Porter dh             6   2   3   2     0   0   .306
Revering 1b           4   0   0   1     0   0   .346      Aikens 1b             4   3   3   0     1   0   .252
Gross 3b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .271        Torres pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Armas rf,cf           4   1   2   1     0   1   .295      Wathan c              5   1   2   4     1   0   .327
Heath c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .241      LaCock lf,1b          3   2   1   0     2   0   .115
Guerrero ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Hurdle rf             4   1   3   2     0   1   .261
Picciolo 2b           3   0   2   0     0   0   .283      Washington ss         5   1   2   2     0   0   .302
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Martin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Camacho p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   7   3     0   4             Totals               44  16  21  14     5   5

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 23,124
Left on Base: A's 3, Royals 11
DP: A's 1, Royals 0
Errors: Armas, Guerrero
Doubles: White (5), Hurdle (11), Wathan (4), Aikens (10)
Triples: Page (1), G. Brett (5)
Home Runs: Armas (7), Gross (5), Wathan (1)
Caught Stealing: Page (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Hurdle (1)
GIDP: Wathan (6)
Hit by Pitch: Aikens (3,by Jones)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough L(5-4)           3.1   9   7   6   3   0   0  22   2.44
Hamilton                0     5   6   6   1   0   1   6  10.89
Camacho                 3.2   7   3   3   1   5   0  19   7.36
Jones                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.80
Totals                  8    21  16  15   5   5   1  51

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Martin W(5-1)           9     7   3   3   0   4   2  33   3.19
Totals                  9     7   3   3   0   4   2  33

Hit by Pitch: Jones (1)
Wild Pitches: Keough (4)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Vic Voltaggio


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson flied out to right; Murphy flied out to
center; Page flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to center; White doubled to left
[Wilson scored]; G. Brett singled to center [White scored];
Porter flied out to center; Aikens singled to right [G. Brett to
third]; Keough threw a wild pitch [G. Brett scored, Aikens to
second]; Wathan walked; LaCock singled to left [Aikens to third,
Wathan to second]; Hurdle hit a sacrifice fly to right [Aikens
scored, Wathan to third]; Washington grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering made an out to third; Gross struck out;
Armas singled to center; Heath grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 4.

ROYALS 2ND: Wilson singled to right [Wilson to second (error by
Armas)]; White grounded out (first unassisted); G. Brett walked;
Porter reached on an error by Guerrero [Wilson scored (unearned)
(no RBI), G. Brett to third]; Aikens walked [Porter to second];
Wathan grounded into a double play (third to first) [Porter out
at third]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Guerrero flied out to right; Picciolo popped to
first in foul territory; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 5.

ROYALS 3RD: LaCock grounded out (second to first); Hurdle
singled to left; Washington forced Hurdle (shortstop
unassisted); Wilson popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy flied out to center; Page singled to
right; Revering made an out to third; Page was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Royals 5.

ROYALS 4TH: White flied out to center; G. Brett tripled to left;
Porter singled to right [G. Brett scored]; HAMILTON REPLACED
KEOUGH (PITCHING); Aikens singled to right [Porter to second];
Wathan homered [Porter scored, Aikens scored]; LaCock walked;
Hurdle doubled to center [LaCock scored]; Washington singled to
left [Hurdle to third]; Wilson singled to right [Hurdle scored,
Washington to second]; CAMACHO REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING);
White singled to left [Washington scored, Wilson to second];
Debut game for Ernie Camacho; G. Brett was called out on
strikes; Porter singled to right [Wilson scored, White to
third]; Aikens grounded out (second to first); 8 R, 9 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 13.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); Armas
homered; Heath popped to third in foul territory; Guerrero flied
out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 13.

ROYALS 5TH: Wathan doubled to right; LaCock flied to left in
foul territory; Hurdle struck out; Washington grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals
13.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Picciolo singled to center; Henderson grounded
out (first unassisted) [Picciolo to second]; Murphy struck out;
Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Royals 13.

ROYALS 6TH: ARMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); DAVIS REPLACED
MURPHY (PLAYING RF); Wilson struck out; White popped to second
in foul territory; G. Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 13.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Revering flied out to center; Gross homered;
Armas was called out on strikes; Heath flied out to center; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 13.

ROYALS 7TH: Porter singled to center; Aikens doubled to left
[Porter to third]; Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Porter scored]; LaCock walked; Hurdle singled to third [Aikens
to third, LaCock to second]; Washington singled to left [Aikens
scored, LaCock scored, Hurdle to second]; Wilson struck out;
White struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 16.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero flied out to center; Picciolo singled to
center; Henderson was called out on strikes; Davis flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 16.

ROYALS 8TH: JONES REPLACED CAMACHO (PITCHING); G. Brett grounded
out (first to pitcher); Porter grounded out (second to first);
Aikens was hit by a pitch; TORRES RAN FOR AIKENS; Wathan forced
Torres (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
2, Royals 16.

ATHLETICS 9TH: LACOCK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); TORRES
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Page tripled to right; Revering
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Page scored]; Gross flied out
to right; Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Royals 16.