Saturday October 2, 1982
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Kansas City Royals 5, Oakland Athletics 4

Game Played on Saturday, October 2, 1982 (Day game) at Royals Stadium

A's          0  0  0    2  0  0    2  0  0  -   4  9  1
Royals       1  0  0    1  1  0    0  2  x  -   5 10  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          3   1   0   0     2   2   .267      Wilson lf             5   2   2   0     0   0   .332
Murphy cf             3   0   0   0     2   1   .239      Washington ss         4   0   3   1     0   0   .286
Lopes 2b              5   2   3   1     0   1   .244      Brett 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .301
Burroughs dh          5   0   1   1     0   1   .273      McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .308
Armas rf              4   1   1   2     1   0   .233      Aikens 1b             2   1   1   0     2   1   .281
Klutts 3b             1   0   0   0     1   1   .178        Rivera pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .167
  Gross ph,3b         2   0   1   0     0   1   .251        Pryor 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Moore 1b              2   0   1   0     1   1   .231      White 2b              1   1   0   0     1   0   .298
  Davis ph,1b         1   0   1   0     0   0   .405      Martin rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .267
Newman c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .199      Wathan c              4   0   3   2     0   0   .269
  Page ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Geronimo cf           3   0   0   1     0   0   .265
  Heath c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sexton ss             4   0   1   0     0   1   .245        Armstrong p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Quisenberry 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               34   4   9   4     7  10             Totals               30   5  10   5     3   3

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 23,787
Left on Base: A's 10, Royals 8
DP: A's 1, Royals 2
Errors: Davis
Doubles: Lopes 2 (19), Washington (19)
Triples: Moore (1), Wilson (15)
Home Runs: Armas (28)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (28), Henderson 3 (130), Washington (23), Wilson (37), Brett (6)
Sacrifice Hits: White 2 (7), Martin (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Geronimo (4)
GIDP: Page (3), Murphy (7), Brett (12)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough                  6     8   3   3   3   3   0  29   5.72
Underwood L(10-6)       1.1   1   2   1   0   0   0   5   3.29
Beard                   0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.53
Totals                  8    10   5   4   3   3   0  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue                    4     4   2   2   7   5   0  23   3.78
Armstrong               2     0   0   0   0   4   0   6   3.20
Quisenberry W(9-7)      3     5   2   2   0   1   1  12   2.57
Totals                  9     9   4   4   7  10   1  41

Wild Pitches: Keough 2 (10)

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Nick Bremigan


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson struck out; Murphy walked; Lopes
singled to center [Murphy to third]; Burroughs flied out to
right; Lopes stole second; Armas was walked intentionally;
Klutts struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson tripled to right; Washington doubled to left
[Wilson scored]; Brett flied out to right; McRae grounded out
(shortstop to first); Aikens struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Moore tripled to center; Newman popped to first;
Sexton struck out (catcher to first); Henderson walked;
Henderson stole second; Murphy walked; Lopes was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: White flied out to left; Martin flied out to center;
Wathan singled to center; Geronimo popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Burroughs popped to first in foul territory;
Armas grounded out (second to first); Klutts walked; Moore
walked [Klutts to second]; Newman was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington
singled to right; Washington stole second; Brett flied out to
left [Washington to third]; McRae lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Sexton flied out to center; Henderson walked;
Murphy flied to left in foul territory; Henderson stole second;
Henderson stole third; Lopes doubled to left [Henderson scored];
Burroughs singled to left [Lopes scored]; Armas lined to center;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Aikens walked; White out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Aikens to second]; Martin struck out; Keough
threw a wild pitch [Aikens to third]; Wathan singled to third
[Aikens scored]; Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: ARMSTRONG REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); GROSS BATTED
FOR KLUTTS; Gross was called out on strikes; Moore struck out;
Newman popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Wilson singled to
left; Wilson stole second; Washington popped to second; Brett
singled to center [Wilson scored]; Brett stole second; McRae
struck out; Aikens was walked intentionally; Keough threw a wild
pitch [Brett to third, Aikens to second]; White walked; Martin
lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Sexton flied out to center; Henderson was called
out on strikes; Murphy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Wathan popped to third; Geronimo flied out to right;
Wilson lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: QUISENBERRY REPLACED ARMSTRONG (PITCHING); Lopes
doubled to right; Burroughs was called out on strikes; Armas
homered [Lopes scored]; Gross singled to center; DAVIS BATTED
FOR MOORE; Davis singled to left [Gross to second]; PAGE BATTED
FOR NEWMAN; Page grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Davis out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 4, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); HEATH REPLACED
PAGE (PLAYING C ); Washington singled to right; UNDERWOOD
REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Brett grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Washington out at second]; McRae
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals
3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Sexton singled to center; Henderson flied out to
center; Murphy grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Sexton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Royals 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Aikens singled to center; RIVERA RAN FOR AIKENS;
White reached on an error by Davis on a sacrifice bunt [Rivera
to second]; Martin out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Rivera to third, White to second]; BEARD REPLACED UNDERWOOD
(PITCHING); Wathan singled to left [Rivera scored, White to
third]; Geronimo hit a sacrifice fly to center [White scored
(unearned)]; Wilson lined to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 4, Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: PRYOR REPLACED RIVERA (PLAYING 1B); Lopes
grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs grounded out
(shortstop to first); Armas popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 5.



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