Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
October 3, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 3, 1981 at Royals Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 8, Kansas City Royals 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 0 0
Murphy cf 4 1 1 0
Johnson dh 4 1 2 0
Armas rf 5 2 3 4
Klutts 3b 4 1 2 1
Moore 1b 5 2 2 1
Newman c 5 0 2 1
McKay 2b 3 0 0 1
Picciolo ss 4 0 2 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 2 2 0
White 2b 5 0 1 0
Brett G. 3b 4 1 2 3
Aikens 1b 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 1 3 0
McRae dh 4 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 4 0 1 1
Wathan c 3 0 0 0
  Quirk c 1 0 0 0
Washington ss 4 0 0 0
Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Brett K. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Oakland 200 103 1108142
Kansas City 100 101 1004102
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  W (12-10) 9.0 10 4 3 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
1
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (6-3) 5.0 8 5 5 0 5
  Martin   2.0 3 2 1 2 1
  Brett   2.0 3 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
7
4
6

  E–McKay (13), Langford (3), Wathan (7), Martin (2).  DP–Oakland 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Oakland Armas (23,off Jones); Johnson 2 (8,off Jones,off K Brett), Kansas City White (16,off Langford); Otis (22,off Langford); Wilson (10,off Langford).  3B–Kansas City Hurdle (1,off Langford).  HR–Oakland Moore (1,4th inning off Jones 0 on, 2 out); Armas (22,6th inning off Jones 1 on, 0 out), Kansas City G Brett (5,6th inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out).  SF–McKay (4,off K Brett).  IBB–Klutts (1,by K Brett).  SB–Armas (5,2nd base off Martin/Wathan); Moore (1,2nd base off K Brett/Wathan).  WP–Martin (2).  IBB–K Brett (4,Klutts).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:43.  A–32,039.
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