Blasting off with a four-run first inning climaxed by Willie Aikens' three-run homer, the Royals went on to an 8-5 victory over the Mariners. K.C. scored its opening-frame runs before a batter was retired. Willie Wilson led off with a triple, Amos Otis walked, George Brett singled home Wilson and Aikens delivered his round-tripper. U.L. Washington smacked a solo homer in the second and the Royals tallied twice in the fourth on a single by Wilson and sacrifice fly by Otis. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 8, Seattle Mariners 5
Game Played on Wednesday, May       27, 1981 (Night game) at Kingdome
Royals       4  1  0    2  0  0    0  1  0  -   8 13  1
Mariners     0  1  0    0  3  0    1  0  0  -   5  8  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             4   1   2   1     1   0   .278      Randle 3b             4   0   0   1     0   1   .225
Otis cf               2   1   1   2     1   0   .217      Auerbach ss           2   0   0   1     0   0   .140
G. Brett 3b           5   1   1   1     0   0   .304        Meyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .174
Aikens 1b             5   1   1   3     0   0   .315        Anderson ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
McRae rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .247      Paciorek lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .327
  Geronimo rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Gray dh               4   1   1   0     0   1   .345
May dh                5   0   0   0     0   2   .346      Burroughs rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .274
White 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .241      Bochte 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .240
Wathan c              4   1   2   0     0   0   .291      Henderson cf          3   2   2   2     1   1   .185
Washington ss         3   2   3   1     1   0   .210      Bulling c             3   1   1   0     0   0   .255
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Narron ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .233
  Martin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cruz 2b               4   1   3   1     0   0   .198
  Quisenberry p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bannister p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Andersen p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   8  13   8     3   2             Totals               33   5   8   5     2   6

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance:  6,331
Left on Base: Royals 7, Mariners 5
DP: Royals 1, Mariners 0
Errors: McRae
Doubles: Washington 2 (6), Gray (1), Cruz (4)
Triples: Wilson (3)
Home Runs: Aikens (7), Washington (1), Henderson (6)
Stolen Bases: Cruz 2 (24)
Caught Stealing: Wathan (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Otis 2 (5), Randle (2), Auerbach (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(1-4)       6.1   7   5   5   1   4   1  27   4.36
Martin                  2.1   1   0   0   1   2   0   9   4.03
Quisenberry SV(5)       0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.19
Totals                  9     8   5   5   2   6   1  37

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bannister L(4-5)        3.1   8   7   7   1   2   2  19   5.40
Andersen                3.2   3   0   0   1   0   0  14   2.08
Drago                   2     2   1   1   1   0   0   9   5.56
Totals                  9    13   8   8   3   2   2  42

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson tripled to left; Otis walked; G. Brett
singled to left [Wilson scored, Otis to second]; Aikens homered
[Otis scored, G. Brett scored]; McRae flied out to center; May
was called out on strikes; White grounded out (third to first);
4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); Auerbach
grounded out (shortstop to first); Paciorek struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Mariners 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington
homered; Wilson grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Mariners
0.

MARINERS 2ND: Gray doubled to left; Burroughs was called out on
strikes; Bochte singled to left [Gray to third]; Henderson
singled to shortstop [Gray scored, Bochte to second]; Bulling
lined into a double play (second to first) [Henderson out at
first]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Mariners 1.

ROYALS 3RD: G. Brett grounded out (second to first); Aikens
flied out to left; McRae singled to left; May struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 3RD: Cruz singled to center; Cruz stole second; Randle
struck out; Auerbach flied out to center; Paciorek grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Mariners
1.

ROYALS 4TH: White singled to center; Wathan flied out to right;
Washington doubled to left [White to third]; Wilson singled to
right [White scored, Washington to third]; ANDERSEN REPLACED
BANNISTER (PITCHING); Otis hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Washington scored]; G. Brett flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 4TH: Gray flied out to left; Burroughs grounded out
(second to first); Bochte flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 7, Mariners 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Aikens grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae
singled to left; May forced McRae (third to second); White flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 5TH: Henderson walked; Bulling singled to right
[Henderson to third]; Cruz singled to center [Henderson scored,
Bulling to third]; Cruz stole second; Randle hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Bulling scored, Cruz to third]; Auerbach hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Cruz scored]; Paciorek flied out to
center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7, Mariners 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Wathan singled to center; Wathan was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Washington walked; Wilson forced
Washington (first to shortstop); Otis singled to third [Wilson
to second]; three Mariners allowed the ball to roll, hoping
it would roll foul; Lenny Randle dropped to the ground and blew
the ball into foul territory; the play was ruled foul until
Royals manager Jim Frey argued the ruling; the umpires reversed
the call to a fair ball; G. Brett forced Otis (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 7, Mariners 4.

MARINERS 6TH: Gray struck out; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop
to first); Bochte grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7, Mariners 4.

ROYALS 7TH: Aikens grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae made
an out to second; May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 7, Mariners 4.

MARINERS 7TH: Henderson homered; Bulling made an out to second;
Cruz reached on an error by McRae [Cruz to second]; MARTIN
REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Randle popped to third in foul
territory; MEYER BATTED FOR AUERBACH; Meyer flied out to left; 1
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7, Mariners 5.

ROYALS 8TH: ANDERSON REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING SS); DRAGO REPLACED
ANDERSEN (PITCHING); White flied to left in foul territory;
Wathan singled to center; Washington doubled to left [Wathan to
third]; Wilson was walked intentionally; Otis hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Wathan scored, Washington to third]; G. Brett
forced Wilson (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
8, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 8TH: GERONIMO REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); Paciorek
flied out to right; Gray popped to catcher in foul territory;
Burroughs flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 8,
Mariners 5.

ROYALS 9TH: Aikens grounded out (first unassisted); Geronimo
flied out to right; May grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 8, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 9TH: Bochte walked; Henderson struck out; NARRON BATTED
FOR BULLING; Narron struck out; Cruz doubled to right [Bochte to
third]; QUISENBERRY REPLACED MARTIN (PITCHING); Randle grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 8, Mariners
5.