The Twins' 12-game winning streak was shattered by the Royals, who piled up a 17-1 victory behind the pitching of Dennis Leonard, who became a 20-game winner for the third time in four years. Willie Wilson, who struck out twice in the first inning when the Royals scored five runs, came back with run-scoring singles in his next three trips and broke two records and tied one.

Wilson brought his singles total to 183, surpassing Sam Rice's high of 182 in 1925, and his last at-bat in the game was his 701st of the season, making him the first player in history to bat more than 700 times in one year. Wilson also became the second player in history to collect 100 hits from each side of the plate, matching last year's feat by Garry Templeton of the Cardinals. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 17, Minnesota Twins 1

Game Played on Saturday, October 4, 1980 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Twins 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 2 Royals 5 1 0 0 5 0 3 3 x - 17 18 2 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Powell rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .262 Wilson lf,cf 6 3 3 4 0 2 .327 Wilfong 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .248 McRae dh 4 2 3 5 1 0 .295 Landreaux lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .282 G. Brett 3b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .390 Sofield lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Castillo 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Adams dh 4 1 2 0 0 0 .287 Aikens 1b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .280 Norwood pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .164 Terrell lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .063 Cubbage 3b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .247 Otis cf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .253 Johnston cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .185 LaCock lf,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205 R. Jackson 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Quirk c 4 2 2 0 1 0 .276 Goodwin 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Hurdle rf 5 1 2 2 0 0 .294 Butera c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .277 White 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .264 Faedo ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Chalk 2b 2 1 0 0 0 1 .250 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mulliniks ss 3 2 1 0 2 0 .259 Arroyo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kinnunen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 1 7 1 0 4 Totals 41 17 18 16 5 3 Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 23,751 Left on Base: Twins 4, Royals 7 DP: Twins 0, Royals 1 Errors: Powell, Faedo, Chalk, Mulliniks Doubles: Adams 2 (11), Faedo (1), Hurdle (31), McRae (39) Home Runs: McRae (13) Stolen Bases: Otis (16), Wilson (78) Caught Stealing: Powell (3) Sacrifice Flies: McRae (6), Aikens (9) GIDP: Johnston (3) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson L(7-13) 0.1 4 5 5 2 1 0 7 3.25 Arroyo 4.2 6 6 6 3 1 1 23 4.68 Kinnunen 1.1 4 3 1 0 0 0 9 5.11 Verhoeven 1.2 4 3 3 0 1 0 9 3.97 Totals 8 18 17 15 5 3 1 48 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(20-11) 8 6 1 1 0 4 0 28 3.79 Quisenberry 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.09 Totals 9 7 1 1 0 4 0 32 Wild Pitches: Erickson (5), Arroyo (4) Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Greg Kosc TWINS 1ST: Powell singled to center; Powell was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Landreaux grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wilson was called out on strikes; McRae singled to left; G. Brett walked [McRae to second]; Aikens singled to left [McRae scored, G. Brett to third]; Otis singled to left [G. Brett scored, Aikens to second]; Quirk walked [Aikens to third, Otis to second]; Erickson threw a wild pitch [Aikens scored, Otis to third, Quirk to second]; Hurdle doubled to left [Otis scored, Quirk scored]; ARROYO REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Arroyo threw a wild pitch [Hurdle to third]; White grounded out (third to first); Mulliniks walked; Wilson struck out; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 5. TWINS 2ND: Adams doubled to right [Adams to third (error by Mulliniks)]; Cubbage singled to center [Adams scored]; Johnston grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cubbage out at second]; R. Jackson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 5. ROYALS 2ND: McRae lined to right; G. Brett singled to right [G. Brett to second (error by Powell)]; Aikens singled to center [G. Brett scored, Aikens to second (on throw to home)]; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Quirk grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 6. TWINS 3RD: Butera grounded out (shortstop to first); Faedo grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell singled to right; Wilfong grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 6. ROYALS 3RD: Hurdle lined to third; White lined to third; Mulliniks grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 6. TWINS 4TH: Landreaux struck out; Adams lined to third; Cubbage was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 6. ROYALS 4TH: Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae walked; G. Brett flied out to left; Aikens grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 6. TWINS 5TH: Johnston popped to shortstop; R. Jackson flied out to left; Butera grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 6. ROYALS 5TH: GOODWIN REPLACED R. JACKSON (PLAYING 1B); Otis singled to left; Otis stole second; Quirk lined to center; Hurdle flied out to right; White singled to left [Otis scored]; Mulliniks walked [White to second]; Wilson singled to center [White scored, Mulliniks to third]; Wilson stole second; McRae homered [Mulliniks scored, Wilson scored]; G. Brett grounded out (first unassisted); 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 11. TWINS 6TH: CHALK REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING 2B); Faedo doubled to center; Powell flied out to left; Wilfong flied out to center; Landreaux grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 11. ROYALS 6TH: KINNUNEN REPLACED ARROYO (PITCHING); SOFIELD REPLACED LANDREAUX (PLAYING LF); Aikens grounded out (second to first); Otis popped to first in foul territory; Quirk singled to left; Hurdle flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 11. TWINS 7TH: LACOCK REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING LF); WILSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Adams popped to third; Cubbage singled to left; Johnston struck out; Goodwin grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 11. ROYALS 7TH: Chalk reached on an error by Faedo; Mulliniks singled to left [Chalk to second]; Wilson singled to center [Chalk scored (unearned), Mulliniks to third]; McRae hit a sacrifice fly to right [Mulliniks scored]; G. Brett singled to center [Wilson to third, G. Brett to second (on throw to 3b)]; VERHOEVEN REPLACED KINNUNEN (PITCHING); Aikens hit a sacrifice fly to left [Wilson scored (unearned)]; LaCock grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 14. TWINS 8TH: CASTILLO REPLACED G. BRETT (PLAYING 3B); TERRELL REPLACED AIKENS (PLAYING LF); LACOCK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Butera flied out to center; Faedo grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 14. ROYALS 8TH: Quirk singled to right; Hurdle singled to right [Quirk to second]; Chalk was called out on strikes; Mulliniks grounded out (pitcher to first) [Quirk to third, Hurdle to second]; Wilson singled to center [Quirk scored, Hurdle scored]; McRae doubled to left [Wilson scored]; Castillo popped to second; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 17. TWINS 9TH: QUISENBERRY REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Wilfong flied out to right; Sofield grounded out (shortstop to first); Adams doubled to right; NORWOOD RAN FOR ADAMS; Cubbage reached on an error by Chalk [Norwood out at home (first to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 17.

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