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.