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.