Wayne Gross knocked in five runs with a pair of homers to pace the A's to a 9-3 victory over the Royals. Gross belted a three-run round-tripper in the fifth inning and two-run blast in the seventh. George Brett, going 1-for-4, saw his average drop to .394. Brett's hit was a two-run homer in the first. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 9, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Sunday, September 21, 1980 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
A's          2  0  0    0  3  1    2  0  1  -   9 11  0
Royals       2  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          4   2   1   0     1   1   .297      Wilson lf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .325
Murphy cf             3   2   1   1     2   0   .277      Washington ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .270
Page dh               5   1   2   1     0   1   .249      G. Brett 3b           4   1   1   2     0   0   .394
Armas rf              5   2   2   0     0   1   .273      Aikens 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .287
Gross 3b              4   2   2   5     1   1   .289      McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .297
  Klutts 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Wathan c              4   1   1   1     0   0   .306
Gonzalez 1b           5   0   2   0     0   0   .219      Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .257
McKay 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .251      Hurdle rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .299
Newman c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .227      White 2b              2   0   1   0     0   1   .266
Guerrero ss           4   0   0   0     0   2   .241        LaCock ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .203
Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mulliniks pr,2b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .244
                                                          Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   9  11   7     4   8             Totals               33   3   6   3     2   5

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance: 41,329
Left on Base: A's 6, Royals 5
DP: A's 0, Royals 1
Errors: Washington, Wathan
Doubles: White (21), Otis (15)
Triples: Page (4)
Home Runs: Gross 2 (14), Murphy (13), G. Brett (20), Wathan (6)
Stolen Bases: Henderson 4 (88), Murphy (26), Wilson (72)
GIDP: Guerrero (15)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris W(21-8)          9     6   3   3   2   5   2  35   2.27
Totals                  9     6   3   3   2   5   2  35

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(19-10)        7     8   8   7   4   8   2  34   3.89
Pattin                  2     3   1   1   0   0   1   8   3.67
Totals                  9    11   9   8   4   8   3  42

Wild Pitches: Leonard (12), Pattin (2)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Rich Garcia


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Henderson stole second; Murphy
flied out to center [Henderson to third]; Page tripled to left
[Henderson scored]; Leonard threw a wild pitch [Page scored];
Armas struck out; Gross walked; Gonzalez singled to center
[Gross to second]; McKay was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to left; Wilson stole second;
Washington struck out; G. Brett homered [Wilson scored]; Aikens
grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman grounded out (third to first); Guerrero
struck out; Henderson singled to right; Henderson stole second;
Henderson stole third; Murphy walked; Page flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Wathan homered; Otis lined to shortstop; Hurdle was
called out on strikes; White doubled to left; Wilson struck out;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross
struck out; Gonzalez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Washington flied out to left; G. Brett grounded out
(pitcher to first); Aikens flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: McKay grounded out (second to first); Newman
grounded out (pitcher to first); Guerrero struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Wathan
grounded out (third to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Henderson was called out on strikes; Murphy
walked; Murphy stole second; Page struck out; Armas singled to
left [Murphy to third]; Gross homered [Murphy scored, Armas
scored]; Gonzalez singled to right; McKay grounded out (second
to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Hurdle grounded out (third to first); White struck
out; Wilson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
5, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Newman struck out; Guerrero popped to second;
Henderson reached on an error by Washington [Henderson to
second]; Henderson stole third [Henderson scored (error by
Wathan) (unearned)]; Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Washington lined to right; G. Brett grounded out
(first to pitcher); Aikens singled to center; McRae forced
Aikens (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Page flied out to center; Armas singled to left;
Gross homered [Armas scored]; Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop
to first); McKay grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 8, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Wathan flied out to left; Otis doubled to left;
Hurdle flied out to right [Otis to third]; LACOCK BATTED FOR
WHITE; LaCock walked; MULLINIKS RAN FOR LACOCK; Wilson flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 8, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MULLINIKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); PATTIN
REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Newman singled to left; Guerrero
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Newman out at second]; Henderson grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 8, Royals 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Washington grounded out (second to first); G. Brett
flied out to center; Aikens walked; McRae flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 8, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Murphy homered; Page singled to center; Pattin
threw a wild pitch [Page to second]; Armas popped to first;
Gross grounded out (first to pitcher) [Page to third]; Gonzalez
lined to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 9, Royals 3.

ROYALS 9TH: KLUTTS REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 3B); Wathan lined to
third; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Hurdle grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 9, Royals
3.