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.

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