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.