Scattering seven hits, Dennis Leonard twirled the Royals to a 3-0 blanking of the A's. K.C. scored in the third inning on an error by Oakland left fielder Rickey Henderson, in the fourth on an RBI single by Willie Wilson and in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Amos Otis. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 3, Oakland Athletics 0

Game Played on Friday, October 2, 1981 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1 Royals 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 x - 3 9 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .320 Wilson lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .305 Murphy cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .251 White 2b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .246 Gross 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .206 G. Brett 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .310 Armas rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Aikens 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .262 Spencer 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .188 Otis cf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .259 Drumright dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .294 McRae dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .276 Heath c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Hurdle rf 2 1 1 0 1 0 .324 McKay 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .266 Geronimo rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Stanley ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .196 Wathan c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Davis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .053 Washington ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Picciolo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCatty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 0 7 0 0 3 Totals 31 3 9 2 3 1 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 23,781 Left on Base: A's 6, Royals 9 DP: A's 1, Royals 1 Errors: Henderson Doubles: McKay (11), Murphy (10), Gross (7) Sacrifice Hits: Wathan (5) Sacrifice Flies: Otis (9) GIDP: Drumright (3), McRae (10) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McCatty L(14-7) 8 9 3 2 3 1 0 36 2.33 Totals 8 9 3 2 3 1 0 36 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(13-11) 9 7 0 0 0 3 0 33 2.99 Totals 9 7 0 0 0 3 0 33 Passed Balls: Heath (1) Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Dave Phillips ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy grounded out (second to first); Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); White singled to left; G. Brett flied out to left; Aikens walked [White to second]; Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas singled to left; Spencer flied out to right; Drumright grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Armas out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: McRae walked; Hurdle made an out to shortstop; Wathan grounded out (third to first) [McRae to second]; Washington popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Heath flied out to right; McKay doubled to right; Stanley struck out; Henderson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Wilson flied out to left; White singled to center; G. Brett singled to right [White to third]; Aikens reached on an error by Henderson [White scored (unearned) (no RBI), G. Brett to second]; Otis struck out; McRae flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy doubled to right; Gross grounded out (second to first); Armas popped to catcher in foul territory; Spencer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Hurdle singled to right; Wathan grounded out (second to first) [Hurdle to second]; Heath allowed a passed ball [Hurdle to third]; Washington flied out to left; Wilson singled to second [Hurdle scored]; White singled to center [Wilson to second]; G. Brett flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Drumright grounded out (pitcher to first); Heath made an out to shortstop; McKay singled to right; Stanley flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: Aikens grounded out (first to pitcher); Otis grounded out (third to first); McRae grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson grounded out (second to first); Murphy flied out to center; Gross doubled to right; Armas made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 6TH: Hurdle walked; Wathan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hurdle to second]; Washington singled to left [Hurdle to third]; Wilson reached on a fielder's choice [Hurdle out at home (second to catcher), Washington to second]; White forced Wilson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Drumright flied to left in foul territory; Heath lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 7TH: G. Brett singled to right; Aikens singled to right [G. Brett to third]; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to right [G. Brett scored]; McRae grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Aikens out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: GERONIMO REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING RF); McKay flied out to right; DAVIS BATTED FOR STANLEY; Davis flied out to center; Henderson singled to left; Murphy singled to right [Henderson to third]; Gross popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 3. ROYALS 8TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING SS); Geronimo flied out to center; Wathan flied out to right; Washington lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Armas grounded out (pitcher to first); Spencer popped to catcher in foul territory; Drumright lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 3.

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