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Athletics
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
September 20, 1980
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics, played on September 20, 1980 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 20, 1980 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 20, 1980 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Matt Keough |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Jones |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 37,523 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 43 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Rich Garcia 1B: Don Denkinger 2B: Dale Ford 3B: Greg Kosc |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Mike Heath | DH |
| Tony Armas | Right Fielder |
| Mickey Klutts | Third Baseman |
| Jeff Newman | First Baseman |
| Dave McKay | Second Baseman |
| Jim Essian | Catcher |
| Rob Picciolo | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Willie Wilson | Left Fielder |
| Hal McRae | DH |
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Willie Aikens | First Baseman |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| Darrell Porter | Catcher |
| Clint Hurdle | Right Fielder |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| U L Washington | Shortstop |
| Jim Frey | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
September 20, 1980
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Jones
Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Jones
There goes Henderson. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Henderson steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Jones
Murphy bunts towards first. Aikens scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murphy for the out. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Heath vs. Jones
Heath hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Henderson scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Jones
Armas hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Armas reaches second base with a double. Heath moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Klutts vs. Jones
Klutts hits a popup towards short. Washington settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Newman vs. Jones
Newman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Heath scores. Armas scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKay vs. Jones
McKay takes first base on ball four. Newman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Essian vs. Jones
Essian strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Keough
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Keough
McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Keough
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out. McRae moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aikens vs. Keough
Aikens hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Jones
Picciolo hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Jones
Henderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Jones
There goes Henderson. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Henderson steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Jones
Murphy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson scores. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Chamberlain
Craig Chamberlain now pitching.
Heath hits a fly ball towards right. Hurdle settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Hurdle. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Armas vs. Chamberlain
Armas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Armas reaches second base with a double. Murphy scores. Heath goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Klutts vs. Chamberlain
There goes Armas. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Armas steals third. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Klutts vs. Chamberlain
Klutts strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Newman vs. Chamberlain
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Keough
Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Keough
Porter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hurdle vs. Keough
Hurdle hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Chamberlain
McKay hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Chamberlain
Essian hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Chamberlain
There's a wild pitch. Essian moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Picciolo vs. Chamberlain
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chamberlain fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Chamberlain
Henderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murphy vs. Chamberlain
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Keough
White strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Keough
Washington takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Keough
Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Washington moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McRae vs. Keough
McRae hits a fly ball towards right. Armas catches it and throws to second to double up Washington. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Chamberlain
Heath hits a popup, foul, towards first. Aikens settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Chamberlain
Armas hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klutts vs. Chamberlain
Klutts strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Chamberlain
Newman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Keough
Brett hits a popup, foul, towards third. Klutts settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aikens vs. Keough
Aikens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Keough
Otis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Essian settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Keough
Porter is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Chamberlain
McKay hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chamberlain fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Chamberlain
Essian hits a popup towards short. Washington settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Chamberlain
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hurdle vs. Keough
Hurdle hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Keough
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Keough
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Chamberlain
Henderson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Chamberlain
Murphy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Chamberlain
Heath hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Chamberlain
Armas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klutts vs. Chamberlain
Klutts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newman vs. Chamberlain
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Keough
Wilson hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Keough
McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Keough
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aikens vs. Keough
Aikens hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Aikens for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Twitty
Ken Phelps now playing first base. Jerry Terrell now playing second base. Jeff Twitty now pitching.
McKay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Twitty
Essian hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Twitty
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Keough
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Keough
Porter strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hurdle vs. Keough
Hurdle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hurdle for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Twitty
Henderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Twitty
Murphy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Twitty
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Twitty fields it and throws to first for the out. Henderson moves to third. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Armas vs. Twitty
Armas is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Klutts vs. Twitty
Klutts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terrell vs. Keough
Terrell hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Keough
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Keough
Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Castillo vs. Keough
Manny Castillo pinch hits for Hal McRae.
Castillo hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Brett
Ken Brett now pitching.
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Brett
McKay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Brett
Essian hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Keough
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phelps vs. Keough
Phelps hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 9 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Keough
Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/20/1980 -- Oakland at Kansas City (N)
Oakland AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Henderson R, lf 2 2 1 0 Wilson W, lf 4 0 2 0
Murphy D, cf 3 2 2 1 McRae H, dh 3 0 2 0
Heath M, dh 5 2 1 1 Castillo M, ph 1 0 0 0
Armas T, rf 4 3 4 5 Brett G, 3b 4 0 0 0
Klutts M, 3b 5 0 1 0 Aikens W, 1b 3 0 1 0
Newman J, 1b 5 0 1 2 Phelps K, 1b 1 0 0 0
McKay D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Otis A, cf 4 0 0 0
Essian J, c 5 0 1 0 Porter D, c 3 0 0 0
Picciolo R, ss 4 0 0 0 Hurdle C, rf 3 0 0 0
White F, 2b 2 0 0 0
Terrell J, 2b 1 0 0 0
Washington U, ss 2 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 9 11 9 31 0 5 0
Oakland 330 102 000 -- 9
Kansas City 000 000 000 -- 0
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Keough M (W) 9.0 5 0 0 1 4
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Jones M (L) 1.1 5 5 5 2 1
Chamberlain C 4.2 5 4 3 2 3
Twitty J 2.0 1 0 0 2 0
Brett K 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Hurdle C
DP -- Oakland 1, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Oakland 8, Kansas City 5
2B -- Armas T 2
HR -- Armas T 2
SB -- Henderson R 2, Armas T
SH -- Murphy D
WP -- Chamberlain C
T -- 2:43
A -- 37523
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