Bump Wills collected four hits, knocked in three runs and scored another to pace the Rangers to a 9-1 rout of the Royals, Kansas City's fourth straight loss. Texas tallied three times in the third inning on a run-scoring single by Mickey Rivers and two-run double by Buddy Bell. Rick Honeycutt, pitching the first seven frames, raised his record to 3-0. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 9, Kansas City Royals 1

Game Played on Monday, May 11, 1981 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Rangers 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 - 9 15 2 Royals 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wills 2b 5 1 4 3 0 0 .300 Wilson lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Rivers cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .296 Washington ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .239 Oliver dh 5 1 2 1 0 0 .316 G. Brett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Bell 3b 5 0 1 2 0 0 .307 McRae dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .233 Stein 1b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .452 Otis cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .207 Putnam 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Wathan rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .297 Roberts lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .324 Aikens 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .320 Sundberg c 5 0 0 0 0 1 .259 White 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .208 Lisi rf 3 3 2 1 1 0 .600 Quirk ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Mendoza ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 .257 Grote c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .294 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Phelps ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Babcock p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Martin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 K. Brett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 9 15 9 3 1 Totals 36 1 9 1 1 3 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 28,876 Left on Base: Rangers 7, Royals 9 DP: Rangers 2, Royals 2 Errors: Mendoza, Honeycutt Doubles: Bell (4), Stein (3), Wills (7), Quirk (3) Home Runs: White (1) Caught Stealing: Washington (5) Sacrifice Hits: Mendoza (7) GIDP: Oliver (5), Aikens (4), Wathan (4) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Honeycutt W(3-0) 7 8 1 1 0 0 1 29 2.81 Babcock 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 8 1.69 Totals 9 9 1 1 1 3 1 37 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura L(3-3) 5.2 10 6 6 1 1 0 27 2.67 Martin 1.2 2 3 3 2 0 0 9 5.40 K. Brett 1.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.76 Totals 9 15 9 9 3 1 0 43 Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Ken Kaiser RANGERS 1ST: Wills singled to center; Rivers popped to first in foul territory; Oliver forced Wills (second to shortstop); Bell flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to right; Washington reached on a fielder's choice [Wilson to third (on throw)]; Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to second); G. Brett flied out to left; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. RANGERS 2ND: Stein flied out to center; Roberts lined to center; Sundberg was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Wathan singled to center; Aikens grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Wathan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. RANGERS 3RD: Lisi singled to center; Mendoza out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Lisi to second]; Wills grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lisi to third]; Rivers singled to left [Lisi scored]; Oliver singled to third [Rivers to third]; Bell doubled to left [Rivers scored, Oliver scored]; Stein walked; Roberts flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Grote reached on an error by Honeycutt; Wilson flied out to right; Washington singled to center [Grote to third]; G. Brett forced Washington (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Lisi made an out to first; Mendoza grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis singled to center; Wathan lined to right; Aikens grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. RANGERS 5TH: Wills singled to left; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted) [Wills to second]; Oliver singled to right [Wills scored]; Bell lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Oliver out at first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: White homered; Grote singled to left; Wilson grounded out (third to first) [Grote to second]; Washington singled to shortstop [Grote stayed at second]; G. Brett forced Washington (shortstop unassisted) [Grote to third]; McRae flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 1. RANGERS 6TH: Stein doubled to left; Roberts grounded out (third to first); Sundberg lined to left; Lisi singled to center [Stein scored]; Mendoza singled to pitcher [Lisi to third]; MARTIN REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Wills singled to left [Lisi scored, Mendoza to second]; Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: PUTNAM REPLACED STEIN (PLAYING 1B); Otis reached on an error by Mendoza; Wathan grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Otis out at second]; Aikens grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 1. RANGERS 7TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Putnam grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 1. ROYALS 7TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Grote singled to center; Wilson flied out to center; Washington grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 1. RANGERS 8TH: Roberts walked; Sundberg popped to third in foul territory; Lisi walked [Roberts to second]; Mendoza singled to center [Roberts scored, Lisi to second]; K. BRETT REPLACED MARTIN (PITCHING); Wills doubled to center [Lisi scored, Mendoza scored]; Rivers singled to second [Wills to third]; Oliver grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rivers out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 9, Royals 1. ROYALS 8TH: BABCOCK REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); G. Brett flied out to left; McRae walked; Otis forced McRae (shortstop to second); Wathan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 9, Royals 1. RANGERS 9TH: Bell popped to first in foul territory; Putnam grounded out (shortstop to first); Roberts singled to center; Sundberg forced Roberts (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 9, Royals 1. ROYALS 9TH: Aikens struck out; QUIRK BATTED FOR WHITE; Quirk doubled to left; PHELPS BATTED FOR GROTE; Phelps struck out; Wilson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 9, Royals 1.

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