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.