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.