Following the completion of the prior night's suspended game, won by the Red Sox in 12 innings, the Royals captured the regularly scheduled game, 2-1, behind the four-hit pitching of Larry Gura. The Royals snapped a 1-1 tie when John Wathan opened the bottom of the seventh with a double, took third on a sacrifice bunt by Dave Chalk and tallied on a sacrifice fly by Jerry Grote. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 2, Boston Red Sox 1

Game Played on Tuesday, May 5, 1981 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Red Sox 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 Royals 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 x - 2 6 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Evans rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .338 Wilson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Stapleton 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Washington ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .234 Rudi 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .286 G. Brett 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Rice lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .233 McRae dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .250 Perez dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .195 Otis cf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .242 Lansford 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .296 Aikens 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .339 Schmidt c 3 1 1 0 0 1 .250 Garcia pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nichols cf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .400 Wathan rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .286 Hoffman ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .181 Phelps ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Tanana p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Geronimo rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chalk 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Grote c 2 0 0 1 0 0 .250 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 1 4 1 0 4 Totals 27 2 6 2 4 1 Time of Game: 2:07 Attendance: 21,708 Left on Base: Red Sox 3, Royals 8 DP: Red Sox 1, Royals 0 Doubles: Otis 2 (3), Aikens (6), Wathan (3) Triples: Lansford (1) Sacrifice Hits: Hoffman (3), Chalk (1) Sacrifice Flies: Grote (1) GIDP: Aikens (3) Hit by Pitch: Wathan (1,by Tanana) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tanana L(0-4) 7.1 6 2 2 3 0 0 31 5.86 Campbell 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 5.40 Totals 8 6 2 2 4 1 0 34 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura W(3-2) 9 4 1 1 0 4 0 31 1.86 Totals 9 4 1 1 0 4 0 31 Hit by Pitch: Tanana (2) Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - John Shulock, 3B - Vic Voltaggio RED SOX 1ST: Game preceded by completion of the previous night's suspended game; Evans made an out to first; Stapleton grounded out (third to first); Rudi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wilson lined to pitcher; Washington flied out to right; G. Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Royals 0. RED SOX 2ND: Rice was called out on strikes; Perez struck out; Lansford lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: McRae flied out to left; Otis doubled to left; Aikens flied out to left; Wathan was hit by a pitch; Chalk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Royals 0. RED SOX 3RD: Schmidt singled to center; On a bunt Nichols singled [Schmidt to second]; Hoffman out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Schmidt to third, Nichols to second]; Evans grounded out (second to first) [Schmidt scored, Nichols to third]; Stapleton grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Grote flied out to left; Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 0. RED SOX 4TH: Rudi flied out to center; Rice lined to center; Perez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: G. Brett flied out to left; McRae flied out to center; Otis doubled to left; Aikens doubled to left [Otis scored]; Wathan grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. RED SOX 5TH: Lansford grounded out (second to first); Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Nichols singled to right; Hoffman lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: Chalk flied out to left; Grote flied out to center; Wilson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. RED SOX 6TH: Evans flied out to left; Stapleton grounded out (third to first); Rudi flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: Washington popped to first in foul territory; G. Brett singled to left; McRae singled to left [G. Brett to second]; Otis walked [G. Brett to third, McRae to second]; Aikens grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Otis out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. RED SOX 7TH: Rice flied out to right; Perez grounded out (second to first); Lansford tripled to right; Schmidt was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 7TH: Wathan doubled to left; Chalk out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Wathan to third]; Grote hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wathan scored]; Wilson lined to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 2. RED SOX 8TH: Nichols flied out to left; Hoffman lined to first; Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 8TH: Washington walked; G. Brett forced Washington (shortstop to second); McRae walked [G. Brett to second]; CAMPBELL REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING); Otis popped to first in foul territory [G. Brett to third]; Aikens walked [McRae to second]; GARCIA RAN FOR AIKENS; PHELPS BATTED FOR WATHAN; Phelps struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 2. RED SOX 9TH: GARCIA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); GERONIMO REPLACED PHELPS (PLAYING RF); Stapleton grounded out (third to first); Rudi was called out on strikes; Rice made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 2.

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