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.

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