Mitchell Page batted in three runs with two homers and a single and Dave McKay knocked in two runs with the double, leading the A's to a 9-5 victory over the Royals. Rick Langford pitched his 22nd consecutive complete game for the A's, despite giving up 14 hits. The A's also collected 14 off five K.C. hurlers.

Page hit his second homer of the game in the seventh inning to tie the score at 4-4 and McKay followed later with his double, putting the A's ahead to stay. Willie Wilson had three of the Royals' hits to boost his season's total to 201, making him the first player in the majors to reach the 200 mark this year. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 9, Kansas City Royals 5

Game Played on Friday, September 12, 1980 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Royals 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 5 14 2 A's 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 x - 9 14 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 5 1 3 0 0 2 .326 Henderson lf 3 2 0 0 2 0 .295 Washington ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .271 Murphy cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .277 McRae dh 5 0 1 0 0 1 .299 Page dh 5 2 3 3 0 0 .248 Aikens 1b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .283 Armas rf 3 0 0 1 1 0 .268 Porter c 5 2 2 0 0 0 .265 Gross 3b,1b 4 2 2 1 1 0 .284 Otis cf 1 0 1 0 2 0 .260 Davis 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .207 Hurdle rf 3 0 2 2 0 1 .296 Heath ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .234 Quirk 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Klutts 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .239 Mulliniks 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Newman c 5 1 1 0 0 0 .226 LaCock ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .200 McKay 2b 3 0 2 2 0 0 .236 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Picciolo ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .236 K. Brett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chamberlain p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 5 14 4 2 8 Totals 36 9 14 8 5 3 Time of Game: 3:05 Attendance: 17,440 Left on Base: Royals 9, A's 10 DP: Royals 1, A's 1 Errors: Aikens, Quirk, Gross Doubles: Porter (14), McKay (13), Klutts (10) Triples: Gross (3) Home Runs: Aikens (18), Page 2 (16) Stolen Bases: Otis (12), Wilson (63), Picciolo (1), Henderson 2 (77) Sacrifice Hits: Otis (2), McKay (9) Sacrifice Flies: Hurdle (5), Aikens (8), Armas (4) GIDP: Porter (10), McKay (4) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale 2.1 4 3 3 1 1 1 11 3.93 K. Brett 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 16 0.00 Chamberlain L(0-1) 0.2 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 21.60 Jones 0.1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2.70 Quisenberry 1.2 4 3 3 1 0 0 10 3.17 Totals 8 14 9 9 5 3 2 43 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford W(16-11) 9 14 5 4 2 8 1 41 2.97 Totals 9 14 5 4 2 8 1 41 Passed Balls: Porter (10) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Nick Bremigan ROYALS 1ST: Wilson struck out; Washington grounded out (second to first); McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson flied out to left; Murphy flied out to center; Page homered; Armas grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ROYALS 2ND: Aikens homered; Porter doubled to right; Otis out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Porter to third]; Hurdle hit a sacrifice fly to left [Porter scored]; Quirk flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: On a bunt Gross singled to shortstop; On a bunt Davis singled to third [Gross to second]; Newman flied out to right; McKay grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Davis out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 1. ROYALS 3RD: Mulliniks grounded out (second to first); Wilson singled to left; Washington singled to second [Wilson to second]; McRae reached on an error by Gross [Wilson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Washington to third]; Aikens struck out; Porter lined to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo singled to center; Henderson walked [Picciolo to second]; Picciolo stole third and Henderson stole second; Porter allowed a passed ball [Picciolo scored, Henderson to third]; Murphy struck out; K. BRETT REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Page singled to center [Henderson scored]; Armas reached on an error by Quirk [Page to second]; Gross popped to first in foul territory; Davis struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 3. ROYALS 4TH: Otis singled to left; Otis stole second; Hurdle struck out; Quirk flied out to left; Mulliniks struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman singled to left; McKay out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Newman to third (error by Aikens)]; Picciolo was called out on strikes; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 3. ROYALS 5TH: Wilson was called out on strikes; Washington was called out on strikes; McRae grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 5TH: On a bunt Murphy singled to first; Page popped to third in foul territory; Armas forced Murphy (shortstop to second); Gross walked [Armas to second]; Davis popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 3. ROYALS 6TH: Aikens grounded out (pitcher to first); Porter singled to right; Otis walked [Porter to second]; Hurdle singled to center [Porter scored, Otis out at third (center to third)]; Quirk flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Newman popped to first in foul territory; McKay singled to left; On a bunt Picciolo singled to third [McKay to second]; CHAMBERLAIN REPLACED K. BRETT (PITCHING); Henderson flied out to right; Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Athletics 3. ROYALS 7TH: Mulliniks singled to right [Mulliniks out at second (right to shortstop)]; Wilson singled to right; Washington lined to center; Wilson stole second; McRae struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Page homered; Armas walked; JONES REPLACED CHAMBERLAIN (PITCHING); Gross forced Armas (third to shortstop); HEATH BATTED FOR DAVIS; Heath was walked intentionally [Gross to second]; QUISENBERRY REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Newman forced Heath (shortstop to second) [Gross to third]; McKay doubled to left [Gross scored, Newman scored, McKay to third (on throw to home)]; Picciolo grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Athletics 6. ROYALS 8TH: KLUTTS REPLACED HEATH (PLAYING 3B); GROSS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Aikens singled to right; Porter grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Aikens out at second]; Otis walked; Hurdle singled to right [Otis to third]; Quirk struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Athletics 6. ATHLETICS 8TH: Henderson walked; Henderson stole second; On a bunt Murphy singled to first [Henderson to third]; Page flied out to left; Armas hit a sacrifice fly to right [Henderson scored]; Gross tripled to right [Murphy scored]; Klutts doubled to center [Gross scored]; Newman flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Athletics 9. ROYALS 9TH: LACOCK BATTED FOR MULLINIKS; LaCock singled to center; Wilson singled to center [LaCock to second]; Washington flied out to left; McRae singled to left [LaCock to third, Wilson to second]; Aikens hit a sacrifice fly to left [LaCock scored, Wilson to third]; Porter flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 9.

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