Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
October 4, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 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 4, Kansas City Royals 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 2 0
Murphy cf 4 1 1 0
Johnson dh 3 0 1 1
  Sexton pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 1 1 1
Klutts 3b 4 0 1 1
Moore 1b 4 0 1 0
Heath c 4 0 0 0
McKay 2b 3 1 1 1
Stanley ss 2 0 0 0
  Drumright ph 1 0 0 0
  Picciolo ss 0 0 0 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Beard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 2 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 4 1 1 0
Otis cf 4 1 2 1
McRae dh 4 0 1 1
Hurdle rf 4 0 2 1
  Motley pr 0 0 0 0
Wathan c 3 0 0 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
Washington ss 3 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Oakland 201 000 100480
Kansas City 010 002 000381
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  W (10-6) 7.1 7 3 3 0 2
  Underwood   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Beard  SV (3) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  L (11-8) 7.0 7 4 4 2 4
  Quisenberry   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
5

  E–G Brett (14).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Oakland Armas (24,off Gura).  3B–Oakland Henderson (7,off Gura).  HR–Oakland McKay (4,7th inning off Gura 0 on, 1 out).  SH–McKay (3,off Quisenberry).  SF–Johnson (6,off Gura).  SB–Otis (16,2nd base off Keough/Heath).  BK–Keough 2 (2).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:06.  A–28,723.
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