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.

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