The A's moved into first place in the West Division by beating the Royals, 6-1, behind the three-hit pitching of Matt Keough. Mickey Klutts hit a three-run homer in the sixth to wipe out a 1-0 K.C. lead, and the A's picked up three more runs in the seventh on singles by Dave McKay, Rob Picciolo and Rickey Henderson, a walk to Dwayne Murphy and an error by shortstop U.L. Washington. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 6, Kansas City Royals 1

Game Played on Friday, September 11, 1981 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Royals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 1 A's 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 x - 6 10 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Henderson lf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .337 White 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .248 Murphy cf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .271 G. Brett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Johnson dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .257 Aikens 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .258 Armas rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Otis cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Klutts 3b 4 1 1 3 0 0 .364 McRae dh 2 0 1 0 1 0 .257 Stanley 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Wathan c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Heath c 4 0 3 0 0 0 .249 Geronimo rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Moore 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Washington ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .199 McKay 2b,3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .213 Hammaker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Picciolo ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .230 Martin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 1 3 1 2 1 Totals 34 6 10 5 2 3 Time of Game: 2:31 Attendance: 26,098 Left on Base: Royals 2, A's 6 DP: Royals 1, A's 1 Errors: Washington Doubles: Heath (7) Home Runs: Aikens (14), Klutts (3) Stolen Bases: Henderson (45) Caught Stealing: Otis (5) GIDP: Geronimo (3) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hammaker L(0-2) 6.1 8 5 5 1 2 1 27 5.90 Martin 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2.79 Gale 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 5.71 Totals 8 10 6 5 2 3 1 36 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough W(9-5) 9 3 1 1 2 1 1 30 3.12 Totals 9 3 1 1 2 1 1 30 Wild Pitches: Keough (5) Umpires: HP - Rocky Roe, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney ROYALS 1ST: Wilson popped to third in foul territory; White struck out; G. Brett flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson struck out; Murphy flied out to left; Johnson singled to center; Armas flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ROYALS 2ND: Aikens flied out to center; Otis popped to second in foul territory; McRae singled to pitcher; Wathan forced McRae (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Klutts grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Heath singled to pitcher; Moore forced Heath (second to shortstop); McKay flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ROYALS 3RD: Geronimo flied to left in foul territory; Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); Wilson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo singled to left; Henderson lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Picciolo out at first]; Murphy flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ROYALS 4TH: White flied out to left; G. Brett flied out to center; Aikens homered; On a bunt Otis singled to pitcher; Otis was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Johnson struck out; Armas flied out to right; Klutts made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0. ROYALS 5TH: McRae walked; Wathan made an out to second; Geronimo grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [McRae out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Heath doubled to left; Moore lined to shortstop; McKay flied out to left; Picciolo lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0. ROYALS 6TH: On a bunt Washington grounded out (second to first); Wilson grounded out (second to first); White grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson singled to center; Murphy walked [Henderson to second]; Johnson flied out to center; Armas flied out to center; Klutts homered [Henderson scored, Murphy scored]; Heath flied out to left; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 3. ROYALS 7TH: G. Brett made an out to shortstop; Aikens flied out to left; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Moore grounded out (pitcher to first); McKay singled to shortstop; Picciolo singled to right [McKay to third]; MARTIN REPLACED HAMMAKER (PITCHING); Henderson singled to right [McKay scored, Picciolo to third]; Henderson stole second; Murphy was walked intentionally; GALE REPLACED MARTIN (PITCHING); Johnson reached on an error by Washington [Picciolo scored (RBI), Henderson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Murphy to third]; Armas made an out to shortstop; Klutts popped to first; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 6. ROYALS 8TH: McRae popped to first in foul territory; Wathan flied out to left; Geronimo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 6. ATHLETICS 8TH: Heath singled to center; Moore struck out; McKay lined to center; Picciolo grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 6. ROYALS 9TH: STANLEY REPLACED KLUTTS (PLAYING 2B); MCKAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Washington walked; Wilson forced Washington (right to shortstop); Keough threw a wild pitch [Wilson to second]; White flied out to left; G. Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 6.

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