Laying down an 18-hit barrage, the Royals bombed the White Sox, 11-4. K.C. tallied five runs in the fifth inning on an RBI triple by George Brett, RBI single by Hal McRae, an error by Sox center fielder Ron LeFlore and run-scoring singles by Jerry Martin and Onix Concepcion. The Royals picked up five more runs in the sixth on an error by Chicago third baseman Jim Morrison, Willie Aikens' double, a single by Frank White, two-bagger by Concepcion and single by Willie Wilson. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 11, Chicago White Sox 4
Game Played on Monday, May       31, 1982 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
White Sox    1  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  3
Royals       0  0  1    0  5  5    0  0  x  -  11 18  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .292      Wilson lf             6   1   3   1     0   1   .347
Bernazard 2b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .276      Wathan c              5   1   3   1     1   0   .273
Kemp lf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .294      Brett 3b              5   1   2   1     0   0   .278
Luzinski dh           4   0   1   0     0   1   .302      Otis cf               4   1   2   0     1   0   .305
Paciorek 1b           2   1   1   0     0   0   .312      McRae dh              4   2   2   1     1   0   .349
  Squires ph,1b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .226        Washington pr,dh    0   0   0   0     0   0   .185
Fisk c                3   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Martin rf             4   2   2   1     1   0   .304
  Hill c              1   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Aikens 1b             5   1   1   1     0   0   .237
Baines rf             3   1   1   2     0   1   .253      White 2b              5   1   1   1     0   2   .295
  Hairston rf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .136      Concepcion ss         4   1   2   2     1   1   .318
Morrison 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Gura p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Almon ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .301        Armstrong p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Burns p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Quisenberry p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Escarrega p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hickey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   9   3     0   4             Totals               42  11  18   9     5   4

Time of Game: 3:24   Attendance: 40,640
Left on Base: White Sox 5, Royals 12
DP: White Sox 1, Royals 0
Errors: LeFlore, Morrison, Almon, Wilson
Doubles: Luzinski (12), Hairston (1), Aikens (8), Concepcion (6), McRae (14)
Triples: Wilson (5), Brett (3)
Home Runs: Baines (3)
Stolen Bases: Baines (3)
Caught Stealing: Kemp (3), Wathan (4)
GIDP: Brett (3)
Hit by Pitch: Paciorek (2,by Gura)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burns L(6-3)            4     8   5   5   4   4   0  23   3.68
Escarrega               1.1   7   6   5   1   0   0  13   4.60
Hickey                  2.2   3   0   0   0   0   0  11   3.20
Totals                  8    18  11  10   5   4   0  47

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gura W(5-2)             7     8   4   3   0   2   1  29   4.30
Armstrong               1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Quisenberry             1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.43
Totals                  9     9   4   3   0   4   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Gura (2)
Wild Pitches: Quisenberry (1)
Balks: Escarrega (2)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Bill Haller


WHITE SOX 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Bernazard singled to left;
Kemp forced Bernazard (shortstop to second); Luzinski doubled to
left [Kemp scored (error by Wilson) (unearned)]; Paciorek popped
to first; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson struck out; Wathan singled to right; Brett
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Wathan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Fisk singled to left; Baines forced Fisk (first
to shortstop); Morrison flied out to right; Baines stole second;
Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis singled to right; McRae lined to left; Martin
singled to left [Otis to second]; Aikens flied out to left;
White struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bernazard popped to third; Kemp singled to left; Luzinski flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Concepcion struck out; Wilson tripled to right;
Wathan reached on an error by Almon [Wilson scored (RBI), Wathan
to first]; Wathan was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop); Brett singled to right; Otis
lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Paciorek was hit by a pitch; Fisk flied out to
left; Baines homered [Paciorek scored]; Morrison flied out to
center; Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae walked; Martin walked [McRae to second];
Aikens flied out to center [McRae to third]; White struck out;
Concepcion walked [Martin to second]; Wilson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals
1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: LeFlore singled to center; Bernazard singled to
left [LeFlore to third]; Kemp forced Bernazard (shortstop to
second) [LeFlore scored, Kemp to first]; Kemp was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Luzinski
popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 4, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Wathan singled to right; Brett tripled to left
[Wathan scored]; Otis walked; McRae singled to center [Brett
scored, Otis scored (error by LeFlore) (no RBI), McRae to
third]; ESCARREGA REPLACED BURNS (PITCHING); Martin singled to
center [McRae scored]; Escarrega balked [Martin to second];
Aikens grounded out (first to pitcher) [Martin to third]; White
grounded out (third to first); Concepcion singled to center
[Martin scored]; Wilson singled to center [Concepcion to
second]; Wathan walked [Concepcion to third, Wilson to second];
Brett flied out to center; 5 R, 6 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Royals 6.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Paciorek singled to center; Fisk flied to right
in foul territory; Baines struck out; Morrison forced Paciorek
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Royals 6.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis singled to center; McRae forced Otis (third to
second) [McRae to first]; Martin reached on an error by Morrison
[McRae to second]; Aikens doubled to left [McRae scored, Martin
to third]; White singled to left [Martin scored (unearned),
Aikens scored (on throw) (no RBI)]; Concepcion doubled to left
[White scored]; HICKEY REPLACED ESCARREGA (PITCHING); Wilson
singled to right [Concepcion scored]; Wathan singled to right
[Wilson to third, Wathan to second (on throw to 3b)]; Brett
grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis flied out to center; 5 R
(4 ER), 6 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4, Royals 11.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore
grounded out (second to first); Bernazard flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Royals 11.

ROYALS 7TH: McRae doubled to left; WASHINGTON RAN FOR MCRAE;
Martin made an out to second; Aikens flied out to center; White
lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Royals 11.

WHITE SOX 8TH: WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); ARMSTRONG
REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Kemp flied out to right; Luzinski
struck out; SQUIRES BATTED FOR PACIOREK; Squires made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Royals 11.

ROYALS 8TH: SQUIRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); HILL REPLACED
FISK (PLAYING C ); HAIRSTON REPLACED BAINES (PLAYING RF);
Concepcion grounded out (second to first); Wilson grounded out
(second to first); Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Royals 11.

WHITE SOX 9TH: QUISENBERRY REPLACED ARMSTRONG (PITCHING); Hill
grounded out (first unassisted); Hairston doubled to right;
Quisenberry threw a wild pitch [Hairston to third]; Morrison
grounded out (shortstop to first); Almon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Royals 11.