A bloop single by Willie Wilson scored Cesar Geronimo from second base with two out in the 12th inning to give the Royals a 6-5 victory over the A's and stretch the K.C. lead in the West Division to two games. Geronimo had singled and moved up on a base hit by John Wathan. The A's had tied the score at 5-5 in the eighth on an RBI pinch-single by Jim Spencer. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 6, Oakland Athletics 5

Game Played on Sunday, September 13, 1981 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Royals 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 17 0 A's 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 14 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 7 0 2 1 0 0 .293 Henderson lf 4 0 1 1 1 1 .335 White 2b 7 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Murphy cf 5 0 1 1 1 2 .267 G. Brett 3b 5 1 2 0 1 0 .294 Johnson dh 5 0 1 0 0 2 .251 Aikens 1b 6 0 2 0 0 1 .255 Page pr,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .144 Otis cf 4 1 2 1 1 2 .266 Armas rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .265 McRae dh 4 2 2 0 1 1 .260 Gross 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .195 Hurdle rf 2 1 2 1 1 0 .389 Sexton pr,3b 2 1 0 0 0 2 .000 Geronimo pr,rf 2 1 1 0 1 0 .223 Klutts 3b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .375 Wathan c 5 0 2 0 0 0 .251 Nettles rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Washington ss 3 0 2 2 0 1 .205 Bosetti ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .206 Phelps ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .095 Heath c 6 0 1 0 0 2 .247 Concepcion ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moore 1b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .208 Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spencer ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .198 Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Davis pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Newman ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .247 McKay 2b 4 1 3 0 1 0 .222 Picciolo ss 3 1 2 2 0 0 .238 Drumright ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Stanley ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 McCatty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 46 6 17 5 5 6 Totals 45 5 14 5 4 12 Time of Game: 4:28 Attendance: 28,701 Left on Base: Royals 14, A's 11 DP: Royals 1, A's 0 Errors: Heath Doubles: McRae (16) Home Runs: Picciolo (3) Stolen Bases: Wilson (23), Henderson (46), Page (2) Caught Stealing: Otis (6), Washington (9) Sacrifice Hits: Washington (3), Wathan (4), McRae (3), Nettles (1), Stanley (7) Sacrifice Flies: Washington (1), Henderson (3) GIDP: Picciolo (4) Hit by Pitch: Otis (2,by McCatty) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jones 6.1 8 4 4 2 7 1 27 2.32 Quisenberry 2.2 5 1 1 0 2 0 13 2.12 Splittorff W(4-5) 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 12 4.37 Totals 12 14 5 5 4 12 1 52 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McCatty 6.1 11 5 4 2 2 0 31 2.34 Jones 4 3 0 0 3 2 0 17 3.04 Underwood 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.08 Beard L(0-1) 1.1 3 1 1 0 2 0 7 7.71 Totals 12 17 6 5 5 6 0 56 Hit by Pitch: McCatty (2) Wild Pitches: Underwood (2) Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Rocky Roe, 3B - Ken Kaiser ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); White lined to third; G. Brett singled to right; Aikens singled to center [G. Brett to third]; Otis singled to right [G. Brett scored, Aikens to third]; McRae struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to left; Henderson stole second; Henderson was picked off second (pitcher to second); Murphy flied out to right; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0. ROYALS 2ND: Hurdle singled to center; Wathan singled to center [Hurdle to second]; Washington reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Hurdle scored (error by Heath) (unearned) (no RBI), Wathan out at third (right to catcher), Washington to second (on throw to home)]; Wilson flied out to left; White made an out to third; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas popped to catcher in foul territory; Klutts made an out to second; Heath grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 0. ROYALS 3RD: G. Brett grounded out (second to first); Aikens flied out to left; Otis was hit by a pitch; Otis was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Moore flied out to right; McKay grounded out (third to first); Picciolo homered; Henderson was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 1. ROYALS 4TH: McRae singled to right; Hurdle walked [McRae to second]; Wathan out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [McRae to third, Hurdle to second]; Washington singled to left [McRae scored, Hurdle out at home (left to catcher)]; Wilson flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy walked; Johnson lined to left; Armas struck out; Klutts walked [Murphy to second]; Heath struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 1. ROYALS 5TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); G. Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); Aikens struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Moore singled to center; McKay singled to left [Moore to second]; Picciolo grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Moore to third, McKay out at second]; Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 1. ROYALS 6TH: Otis walked; McRae doubled to center [Otis to third]; Hurdle singled to right [Otis scored, McRae to third]; GERONIMO RAN FOR HURDLE; Wathan flied out to center; Washington hit a sacrifice fly to center [McRae scored, Geronimo to second]; Wilson popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: GERONIMO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Murphy struck out; Johnson struck out; Armas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 1. ROYALS 7TH: White flied out to left; G. Brett singled to right; Aikens singled to right [G. Brett to second]; JONES REPLACED MCCATTY (PITCHING); Otis was called out on strikes; McRae walked [G. Brett to third, Aikens to second]; Geronimo flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Klutts singled to left; Heath flied out to right; Moore singled to left [Klutts to second]; McKay singled to left [Klutts to third, Moore to second]; Picciolo singled to third [Klutts scored, Moore to third, McKay to second]; QUISENBERRY REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Henderson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Moore scored]; Murphy singled to center [McKay scored, Picciolo to second]; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 4. ROYALS 8TH: GROSS REPLACED ARMAS (PLAYING 3B); NETTLES REPLACED KLUTTS (PLAYING RF); Wathan made an out to second; Washington singled to left; Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Wilson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 8TH: Gross singled to second; SEXTON RAN FOR GROSS; Nettles out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Sexton to second]; Heath grounded out (pitcher to first) [Sexton to third]; SPENCER BATTED FOR MOORE; Spencer singled to center [Sexton scored]; DAVIS RAN FOR SPENCER; McKay singled [Davis to second]; DRUMRIGHT BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Drumright forced McKay (second to shortstop); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 5. ROYALS 9TH: SEXTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); STANLEY REPLACED DRUMRIGHT (PLAYING SS); White popped to shortstop in foul territory; G. Brett popped to second in foul territory; Aikens flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 9TH: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy struck out; Johnson singled to right; PAGE RAN FOR JOHNSON; Page stole second; Sexton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 5. ROYALS 10TH: PAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Otis singled to center; McRae out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher unassisted) [Otis to second]; Geronimo was walked intentionally; Wathan forced Geronimo (pitcher to shortstop) [Otis to third]; Washington struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 10TH: SPLITTORFF REPLACED QUISENBERRY (PITCHING); BOSETTI BATTED FOR NETTLES; Bosetti struck out; Heath struck out; NEWMAN BATTED FOR DAVIS; Newman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 5. ROYALS 11TH: BOSETTI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NEWMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Wilson singled to left; Wilson stole second; White grounded out (third to first); G. Brett was walked intentionally; UNDERWOOD REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Underwood threw a wild pitch [Wilson to third, G. Brett to second]; Aikens lined to right; BEARD REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Otis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 11TH: McKay walked; Stanley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [McKay to second]; Henderson was walked intentionally; Murphy flied out to right [McKay to third, Henderson to second]; Page lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 5. ROYALS 12TH: McRae grounded out (third to first); Geronimo singled to center; Wathan singled to right [Geronimo to second]; PHELPS BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Phelps struck out; Wilson singled to left [Geronimo scored, Wathan to third]; White grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 12TH: CONCEPCION REPLACED PHELPS (PLAYING SS); Sexton struck out; Bosetti popped to first in foul territory; Heath singled to right; Newman flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Athletics 5.

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