The Mariners moved ahead of Kansas City in the A.L. West standings by sweeping a doubleheader from the Royals, 7-1 and 5-2. Gary Gray led the way to the triumph in the lidlifter with a pair of two-run homers. His first round-tripper came in the second inning and Dave Henderson followed with another circuit clout to give Seattle a 3-0 lead. In the seventh canto, Gray followed a walk to Jeff Burroughs with his second four-ply swat.

Homers by Rick Auerbach and Lenny Randle highlighted the Mariners' second-game victory. Randle led off the fourth inning with a homer and the Mariners added two more in that same frame on a run-scoring single by Burroughs and sacrifice fly by Dan Meyer. Auerbach drilled a two-run shot in the seventh following a walk to Jerry Narron. [The Sporting News]

Seattle Mariners 7, Kansas City Royals 1 (Game 1)

Game Played on Monday, May 25, 1981 (Night game) at Kingdome

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 0 Mariners 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 x - 7 12 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Geronimo rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .241 Randle 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .231 McRae lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Anderson ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .194 G. Brett 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .284 Paciorek lf 3 0 1 0 2 0 .329 Aikens 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .325 Zisk dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .310 Otis cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .211 Meyer ph,dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .188 Quirk c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .293 Burroughs rf 2 3 1 0 3 1 .286 Phelps dh 3 0 1 0 0 2 .118 Simpson pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Gray 1b 4 3 3 4 1 0 .333 Chalk 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Henderson cf,rf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .169 Washington ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .193 Bulling c 4 0 3 1 1 0 .250 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .179 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Allard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 1 6 1 1 5 Totals 35 7 12 7 7 5 Time of Game: 2:29 Left on Base: Royals 5, Mariners 13 DP: Royals 0, Mariners 1 Errors: Cruz Doubles: G. Brett (8), Otis (7), Randle (3), Burroughs (2) Home Runs: Gray 2 (10), Henderson (5) Stolen Bases: Cruz (21) Caught Stealing: Otis (2) Sacrifice Flies: Randle (1) GIDP: McRae (3) Hit by Pitch: Cruz (2,by Gura) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura L(4-4) 3 6 5 5 4 1 2 20 3.72 Wright 5 6 2 2 3 4 1 24 3.21 Totals 8 12 7 7 7 5 3 44 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Allard W(2-1) 9 6 1 1 1 5 0 33 3.86 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 5 0 33 Hit by Pitch: Gura (2) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Larry McCoy ROYALS 1ST: Geronimo struck out; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); G. Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Randle flied out to center; Anderson made an out to second; Paciorek singled to left; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. ROYALS 2ND: Aikens walked; Otis forced Aikens (shortstop to second); Otis was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first); Quirk singled to right; Phelps struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Burroughs walked; Gray homered [Burroughs scored]; Henderson homered; Bulling walked; Cruz popped to first in foul territory; Randle doubled to center [Bulling to third]; Anderson lined to left; Paciorek walked; Zisk flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 3. ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Washington flied out to left; Geronimo singled to left; McRae forced Geronimo (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 3. MARINERS 3RD: Burroughs walked; Gray singled to center [Burroughs to second]; Henderson struck out; Bulling singled to center [Burroughs scored, Gray to second]; Cruz was hit by a pitch [Gray to third, Bulling to second]; Randle hit a sacrifice fly to center [Gray scored, Bulling to third]; Cruz stole second; Anderson grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 5. ROYALS 4TH: G. Brett flied out to right; Aikens struck out; Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 5. MARINERS 4TH: WRIGHT REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Paciorek flied out to left; Zisk singled to third; Burroughs struck out; Gray forced Zisk (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 5. ROYALS 5TH: Quirk grounded out (shortstop to first); Phelps singled to center; White lined to left; Washington struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 5. MARINERS 5TH: Henderson grounded out (second to first); Bulling singled to left; Cruz flied to left in foul territory; Randle grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 5. ROYALS 6TH: Geronimo reached on an error by Cruz; McRae grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Geronimo out at second]; G. Brett flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 5. MARINERS 6TH: Anderson grounded out (pitcher to first); Paciorek grounded out (second to first); Richie Zisk pulled a muscle in his right leg in the fourth inning; MEYER BATTED FOR ZISK; Meyer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 5. ROYALS 7TH: MEYER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Aikens grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); Quirk lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 5. MARINERS 7TH: Burroughs walked; Gray homered [Burroughs scored]; Henderson flied out to center; Bulling singled to center; Cruz singled to left [Bulling to second]; Randle struck out; Anderson made an out to first; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 7. ROYALS 8TH: Phelps struck out; White flied out to left; Washington flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 7. MARINERS 8TH: CHALK REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING 2B); Paciorek walked; Meyer struck out; Burroughs doubled to left [Paciorek to third]; SIMPSON RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Gray was walked intentionally; Henderson struck out; Bulling flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 7. ROYALS 9TH: SIMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); HENDERSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Geronimo flied out to left; McRae flied out to right; G. Brett doubled to left; Aikens singled to center [G. Brett to third]; Otis doubled to right [G. Brett scored, Aikens to third]; Quirk grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 7.

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