A homer by Clint Hurdle with one out in the ninth inning broke a 5-5 tie and lifted the Royals to a 6-5 victory over the Twins. K.C., trailing 5-0, deadlocked the game in the sixth on run-scoring singles by Frank White and Amos Otis, run-scoring double by George Brett, sacrifice fly by Hal McRae and RBI single by Hurdle. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Minnesota Twins 5
Game Played on Saturday, May       30, 1981 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  5    0  0  1  -   6  8  0
Twins        0  2  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  8  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .277      Ward lf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .240
Otis cf               4   1   2   1     0   2   .226      Engle rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .208
G. Brett 3b           4   1   1   1     0   2   .294        Powell ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Aikens 1b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .309      Hatcher cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .285
McRae dh              2   0   0   1     1   0   .237      Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .278
White 2b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .241      Castino 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .274
Hurdle rf             4   1   2   2     0   0   .474      R. Jackson 1b         3   2   2   0     0   0   .262
Wathan c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .276      Mackanin 2b,ss        4   2   2   1     0   0   .225
  Grote c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Goodwin dh            4   1   1   3     0   0   .294
Washington ss         4   1   1   0     0   1   .214      Baker ss              2   0   1   1     0   0   .118
Gura p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wilfong ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .233
  Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Williams p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Quisenberry p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        D. Jackson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Verhoeven p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Corbett p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6   8   6     2   8             Totals               34   5   8   5     0   3

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance:  8,673
Left on Base: Royals 3, Twins 3
DP: Royals 0, Twins 1
Doubles: Otis (9), G. Brett (9), Hurdle (2), R. Jackson (8)
Home Runs: Hurdle (3), Goodwin (2)
Sacrifice Hits: R. Jackson (2)
Sacrifice Flies: McRae (3)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gura                    4     7   5   5   0   2   1  19   4.11
Wright W(1-0)           4     1   0   0   0   1   0  13   2.50
Quisenberry SV(7)       1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.63
Totals                  9     8   5   5   0   3   1  35

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Williams                5.1   4   3   3   1   6   0  20   3.57
D. Jackson              0     1   2   2   1   0   0   2  12.46
Verhoeven               2.2   2   0   0   0   2   0  10   2.54
Corbett L(2-2)          1     1   1   1   0   0   1   4   2.89
Totals                  9     8   6   6   2   8   1  36

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Dallas Parks, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Bill Haller


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson struck out; Otis doubled to center; G. Brett
struck out; Aikens grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Ward was called out on strikes; Engle struck out;
Hatcher singled to center; Wynegar grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae walked; White lined into a double play (second
to second to first) [McRae out at first]; Hurdle grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Castino grounded out (pitcher to first); R. Jackson
doubled to right; Mackanin singled to center [R. Jackson scored,
Mackanin to second (on throw to home)]; Goodwin grounded out
(shortstop to first); Baker singled to center [Mackanin scored];
Ward forced Baker (second to shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Wathan popped to first in foul territory; Washington
was called out on strikes; Wilson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: Engle lined to center; Hatcher grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wynegar flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis struck out; G. Brett was called out on strikes;
Aikens grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Castino grounded out (third to first); R. Jackson
singled to center; Mackanin singled to center [R. Jackson to
third]; Goodwin homered [R. Jackson scored, Mackanin scored];
Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Ward grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 5.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); White
struck out; Hurdle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 5.

TWINS 5TH: WRIGHT REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Engle lined to
center; Hatcher grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first);
Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 5.

ROYALS 6TH: Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington
singled to left; Wilson singled to left [Washington to second];
Otis singled to center [Washington scored, Wilson to third]; D.
JACKSON REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); G. Brett doubled to right
[Wilson scored, Otis to third]; Aikens walked; VERHOEVEN
REPLACED D. JACKSON (PITCHING); McRae hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Otis scored]; White singled to center [G. Brett scored,
Aikens to second]; Hurdle doubled to right [Aikens scored, White
to third]; Wathan was called out on strikes; John Wathan
ejected by HP umpire Russ Goetz; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 5, Twins 5.

TWINS 6TH: GROTE REPLACED WATHAN (PLAYING C ); Castino grounded
out (second to first); R. Jackson grounded out (third to first);
Mackanin flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins
5.

ROYALS 7TH: Washington grounded out (second to first); Wilson
grounded out (second to first); Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 5.

TWINS 7TH: Goodwin flied to left; WILFONG BATTED FOR BAKER;
Wilfong grounded out (first to pitcher); Ward struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 5.

ROYALS 8TH: WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MACKANIN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); G. Brett flied to left; 5
minute delay sometime in 7th inning (water sprinklers on);
Aikens grounded out (second to first); McRae flied to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: POWELL BATTED FOR ENGLE; Powell flied to right;
Hatcher flied to left; Wynegar grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 5.

ROYALS 9TH: POWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CORBETT REPLACED
VERHOEVEN (PITCHING); White grounded out (pitcher to third to
first); Hurdle homered; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first);
Washington grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 6, Twins 5.

TWINS 9TH: Castino singled to third; QUISENBERRY REPLACED WRIGHT
(PITCHING); R. Jackson out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Castino to second]; Mackanin grounded out (shortstop to
first); Goodwin grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 6, Twins 5.