A five-run rally in the seventh inning lifted the Royals to a 6-4 victory over the Twins. Trailing 4-1 in the seventh, K.C. loaded the bases on singles by John Wathan and Frank White and a walk to Cesar Geronimo. Jack O'Connor took over the mound chores for the Twins and was greeted by a run-scoring single by pinch-hitter Lee May.

After a forceout at the plate, Hal McRae singled -- one run scored and pinch-runner Dave Chalk was thrown out at the plate. A walk to George Brett loaded the bases and a single by Willie Aikens plated two more tallies. Amos Otis capped the outburst with an RBI pinch-single. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Minnesota Twins 4
Game Played on Sunday, May       24, 1981 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
Twins        2  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   4  8  0
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  0    5  0  x  -   6 10  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Ward lf               3   1   1   0     1   1   .267      Wilson cf,lf          5   1   0   0     0   1   .278
Wilfong 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .223      McRae lf              4   2   2   2     0   1   .243
Hatcher cf            4   0   2   2     0   0   .297        Gale p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Adams dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .276      G. Brett 3b           3   1   0   0     1   0   .286
Castino 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .277      Aikens 1b             2   0   1   2     2   0   .325
Goodwin 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .229      Phelps dh             3   0   0   0     0   0   .071
Mackanin ss           4   1   1   2     0   3   .221        Otis ph,dh,cf       1   0   1   1     0   0   .210
Butera c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Wathan c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .284
  Wynegar c           1   0   0   0     0   1   .333      White 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .215
Engle rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .212      Geronimo rf           3   1   2   0     1   0   .241
  Powell ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Washington ss         2   0   1   0     0   1   .198
Arroyo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Quirk ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .297
  O'Connor p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        May ph              1   0   1   1     0   0   .421
  Verhoeven p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Chalk pr,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .310
  D. Jackson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   8   4     1   9             Totals               33   6  10   6     4   4

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 37,207
Left on Base: Twins 5, Royals 7
DP: Twins 0, Royals 0
Doubles: Wilfong (3)
Triples: Geronimo (1)
Home Runs: Mackanin (1), McRae (3)
Stolen Bases: Geronimo (3)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Arroyo                  6     5   3   3   3   2   1  26   4.17
O'Connor L(1-2)         0.2   3   3   3   1   0   0   5   4.50
Verhoeven               0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.81
D. Jackson              1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   6.23
Totals                  8    10   6   6   4   4   1  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gale W(2-3)             9     8   4   4   1   9   1  36   4.94
Totals                  9     8   4   4   1   9   1  36

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney


TWINS 1ST: Ward walked; Wilfong doubled to left [Ward to third];
Hatcher singled to right [Ward scored, Wilfong scored]; Adams
struck out; Castino struck out; Goodwin flied out to center; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (third to first); McRae homered;
G. Brett flied to left in foul territory; Aikens grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 1.

TWINS 2ND: Mackanin was called out on strikes; Butera flied out
to right; Engle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Phelps flied out to right; Wathan made an out to
second; White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 1.

TWINS 3RD: Ward was called out on strikes; Wilfong made an out
to shortstop; Hatcher flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Geronimo flied out to right; Washington struck out;
Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Royals 1.

TWINS 4TH: Adams grounded out (second to first); Castino
grounded out (shortstop to first); Goodwin flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae was called out on strikes; G. Brett flied out
to left; Aikens walked; Phelps flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 1.

TWINS 5TH: Mackanin struck out; Butera grounded out (second to
first); Engle flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Wathan flied to right in foul territory; White made
an out to second; Geronimo singled; Geronimo stole second;
Washington singled to third [Geronimo to third]; Wilson grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 1.

TWINS 6TH: Ward flied out to center; Wilfong flied out to right;
Hatcher singled to center; Adams grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: McRae flied out to left; G. Brett grounded out
(pitcher to first); Aikens walked; Phelps grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 1.

TWINS 7TH: Castino grounded out (second to first); Goodwin
singled to left; Mackanin homered [Goodwin scored]; Butera
singled; Engle flied out to right; Ward singled to left [Butera
to second]; Wilfong popped to first; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 4, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Wathan singled to center; White singled to center
[Wathan to second]; Geronimo walked [Wathan to third, White to
second]; QUIRK BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; O'CONNOR REPLACED ARROYO
(PITCHING); MAY BATTED FOR QUIRK; May singled to left [Wathan
scored, White to third, Geronimo to second]; CHALK RAN FOR MAY;
Wilson forced White (third to catcher) [Geronimo to third, Chalk
to second]; McRae singled to left [Geronimo scored, Chalk out at
home (left to catcher), Wilson to third, McRae to second (on
throw to home)]; WYNEGAR REPLACED BUTERA (PLAYING C ); G. Brett
walked; Sal Butera hurt in collision with Dave Chalk;
Aikens singled to center [Wilson scored, McRae scored, G. Brett
to third]; OTIS BATTED FOR PHELPS; VERHOEVEN REPLACED O'CONNOR
(PITCHING); Otis singled to left [G. Brett scored, Aikens to
second]; Wathan forced Aikens (third unassisted); 5 R, 6 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 6.

TWINS 8TH: OTIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CHALK STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); Hatcher flied out to right; Adams flied out
to center; On a bunt Castino singled to third; Goodwin grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 6.

ROYALS 8TH: D. JACKSON REPLACED VERHOEVEN (PITCHING); White
struck out; Geronimo tripled to right; Chalk made an out to
second; Wilson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4,
Royals 6.

TWINS 9TH: OTIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); WILSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); GALE REPLACED MCRAE (PITCHING); Mackanin
was called out on strikes; Wynegar was called out on strikes;
POWELL BATTED FOR ENGLE; Powell was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 6.