Richie Zisk, Dan Meyer and Paul Serna hit sixth-inning homers to power the Mariners to a 4-1 triumph over the Royals. Zisk's blast came on K.C. starter Jim Wright's first pitch of the sixth and broke a 0-0 tie. Meyer greeted reliever Paul Splittorff with his circuit swat with Jeff Burroughs on base via a single. The next batter, Serna, took Splittorff downtown on a 1-0 pitch. [The Sporting News]

Seattle Mariners 4, Kansas City Royals 1

Game Played on Saturday, September 19, 1981 (Night game) at Kingdome

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 0 Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 x - 4 11 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .293 Cruz 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .268 White 2b 4 0 3 0 0 1 .253 Simpson cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .231 G. Brett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Paciorek lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .330 Aikens 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .258 Zisk dh 2 1 1 1 2 0 .333 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .265 Allen pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McRae dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .258 Bochte 1b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .272 Wathan c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .242 Burroughs rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .254 Quirk ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Parsons pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 May ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .302 Meyer 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .255 Hurdle rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .340 Randle 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Motley ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Serna ss 4 1 3 1 0 0 .283 Washington ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Narron c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .226 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Walton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Firova c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Martin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beattie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 K. Brett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 1 6 0 3 7 Totals 32 4 11 4 5 4 Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 12,959 Left on Base: Royals 8, Mariners 10 DP: Royals 2, Mariners 1 Errors: Serna Doubles: White (14) Home Runs: Zisk (15), Meyer (1), Serna (3) Stolen Bases: White (4), Wilson (26), Allen (2) GIDP: Washington (4), Burroughs (5), Meyer (6) Hit by Pitch: Cruz (3,by Wright) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wright L(1-2) 5.1 5 2 2 3 3 1 24 3.13 Splittorff 0.1 4 2 2 0 1 2 5 4.55 Martin 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2.76 K. Brett 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.08 Totals 8 11 4 4 5 4 3 38 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Beattie W(3-2) 8 6 1 1 3 6 0 33 3.13 Rawley SV(5) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4.58 Totals 9 6 1 1 3 7 0 36 Passed Balls: Narron (5) Hit by Pitch: Wright (2) Wild Pitches: Beattie (2) Balks: Beattie (1) Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Rocky Roe, 3B - Vic Voltaggio ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (first unassisted); White doubled to left; Beattie threw a wild pitch [White to third]; G. Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); Aikens struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Simpson struck out; Paciorek was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis struck out; McRae walked; Wathan reached on an error by Serna [McRae to second]; Hurdle struck out; Washington forced Wathan (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Zisk walked; Bochte struck out; Burroughs flied out to left; Meyer forced Zisk (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. ROYALS 3RD: Wilson was called out on strikes; White singled to center; G. Brett popped to first in foul territory; White stole second; Narron allowed a passed ball [White to third]; Aikens walked; Otis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 3RD: Serna singled to center; Narron lined to center; Cruz was hit by a pitch [Serna to second]; Simpson lined to right; Paciorek walked [Serna to third, Cruz to second]; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. ROYALS 4TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Wathan made an out to second; Hurdle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 4TH: Bochte walked; Burroughs grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bochte out at second]; Meyer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. ROYALS 5TH: Washington grounded out (second to first); Wilson grounded out (second to first); White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 5TH: Serna flied out to center; Narron singled to right; Cruz singled to center [Narron to second]; Simpson flied out to center; Paciorek made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. ROYALS 6TH: G. Brett flied out to center; Aikens flied out to left; On a bunt Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 6TH: Zisk homered; Bochte popped to third in foul territory; Burroughs singled to center; SPLITTORFF REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Meyer homered [Burroughs scored]; Serna homered; Narron struck out; Cruz singled to center; Simpson singled to center [Cruz to second]; MARTIN REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Paciorek grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 4. ROYALS 7TH: McRae grounded out (pitcher to first); Wathan walked; Hurdle singled to center [Wathan to third]; Washington grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hurdle out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 4. MARINERS 7TH: Zisk walked; ALLEN RAN FOR ZISK; Allen stole second; Bochte walked; Burroughs singled to left [Allen out at home (left to catcher), Bochte to third (on throw to home)]; K. BRETT REPLACED MARTIN (PITCHING); PARSONS RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Meyer grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Parsons out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mariners 4. ROYALS 8TH: ALLEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); PARSONS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); RANDLE REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING 3B); Wilson singled to center; White singled to left [Wilson to second]; G. Brett lined to right; Wilson stole third; Beattie balked [Wilson scored, White to second]; Aikens grounded out (first unassisted) [White to third]; Otis struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 4. MARINERS 8TH: Serna singled to center; WALTON BATTED FOR NARRON; Walton forced Serna (first to shortstop); Cruz grounded out (third to first) [Walton to second]; Simpson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 4. ROYALS 9TH: FIROVA REPLACED WALTON (PLAYING C ); McRae singled to right; QUIRK BATTED FOR WATHAN; RAWLEY REPLACED BEATTIE (PITCHING); MAY BATTED FOR QUIRK; May flied out to center; MOTLEY BATTED FOR HURDLE; Motley struck out; Washington made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 4.

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