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Rangers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
May 11, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers, played on May 11, 1981 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 11, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
|
| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 11, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rick Honeycutt |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Larry Gura |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 28,876 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 26 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Haller 1B: Russ Goetz 2B: George Maloney 3B: Ken Kaiser |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bump Wills | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
| Al Oliver | DH |
| Buddy Bell | Third Baseman |
| Bill Stein | First Baseman |
| Leon Roberts | Left Fielder |
| Jim Sundberg | Catcher |
| Rick Lisi | Right Fielder |
| Mario Mendoza | Shortstop |
| Don Zimmer | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Willie Wilson | Left Fielder |
| U L Washington | Shortstop |
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Hal McRae | DH |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| John Wathan | Right Fielder |
| Willie Aikens | First Baseman |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Jerry Grote | Catcher |
| Jim Frey | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
May 11, 1981
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Gura
Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivers vs. Gura
Rivers hits a popup, foul, towards first. Aikens settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Gura
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Gura
Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Honeycutt
Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Honeycutt
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Wilson moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brett vs. Honeycutt
There goes Washington. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Wills applying the tag. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brett vs. Honeycutt
Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McRae vs. Honeycutt
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stein vs. Gura
Stein hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Gura
Roberts hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Gura
Sundberg is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Honeycutt
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Honeycutt
Wathan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aikens vs. Honeycutt
Aikens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Honeycutt fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lisi vs. Gura
Lisi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mendoza vs. Gura
Mendoza bunts towards the mound. Gura fields it and throws to first for the out. Lisi moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wills vs. Gura
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lisi moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rivers vs. Gura
Rivers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lisi scores. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Gura
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rivers moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. Gura
Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Bell reaches second base with a double. Rivers scores. Oliver goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stein vs. Gura
Stein takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Roberts vs. Gura
Roberts hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Honeycutt
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Honeycutt
Grote hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Honeycutt juggles the ball. That's an error on Honeycutt. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Honeycutt
Wilson hits a fly ball into right field. Lisi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Honeycutt
Washington hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grote moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brett vs. Honeycutt
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Gura
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lisi vs. Gura
Lisi hits a popup towards first. Aikens settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mendoza vs. Gura
Mendoza 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 4
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Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Honeycutt
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Honeycutt
Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wathan vs. Honeycutt
Wathan hits a line drive into right field. Lisi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aikens vs. Honeycutt
Aikens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Gura
Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivers vs. Gura
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aikens scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivers for the out. Wills moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliver vs. Gura
Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wills scores. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Gura
Bell hits a line drive towards the mound. Gura catches it and throws to first to double up Oliver. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Honeycutt
White hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Honeycutt
Grote hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Honeycutt
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. Grote moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Washington vs. Honeycutt
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brett vs. Honeycutt
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Mendoza fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Grote moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McRae vs. Honeycutt
McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stein vs. Gura
Stein hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Stein reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Roberts vs. Gura
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sundberg vs. Gura
Sundberg hits a line drive into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lisi vs. Gura
Lisi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stein scores. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mendoza vs. Gura
Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gura fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lisi moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wills vs. Martin
Renie Martin now pitching.
Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lisi scores. Mendoza moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rivers vs. Martin
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Martin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Honeycutt
Pat Putnam now playing first base.
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza misplays the ball. That's an error on Mendoza. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wathan vs. Honeycutt
Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aikens vs. Honeycutt
Aikens hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Honeycutt covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Martin
Oliver 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 -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Martin
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Martin
Putnam 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 7
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Honeycutt
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Honeycutt
Grote hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Honeycutt
Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Honeycutt
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Martin
Roberts takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sundberg vs. Martin
Sundberg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lisi vs. Martin
Lisi takes first base on ball four. Roberts moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mendoza vs. Martin
Mendoza hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Roberts scores. Lisi moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wills vs. Brett
Ken Brett now pitching.
Wills hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Wills reaches second base with a double. Lisi scores. Mendoza goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rivers vs. Brett
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wills moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Oliver vs. Brett
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Babcock
Bob Babcock now pitching.
Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Babcock
McRae takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Babcock
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wathan vs. Babcock
Wathan strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Brett
Bell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Aikens settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Brett
Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Brett
Roberts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sundberg vs. Brett
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aikens vs. Babcock
Aikens strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quirk vs. Babcock
Jamie Quirk pinch hits for Frank White.
Quirk hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Quirk reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Phelps vs. Babcock
Ken Phelps pinch hits for Jerry Grote.
Phelps strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wilson vs. Babcock
Wilson hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts 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 5/11/1981 -- Texas at Kansas City (N)
Texas AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Wills B, 2b 5 1 4 3 Wilson W, lf 5 0 1 0
Rivers M, cf 5 1 2 1 Washington U, ss 4 0 2 0
Oliver A, dh 5 1 2 1 Brett G, 3b 4 0 0 0
Bell B, 3b 5 0 1 2 McRae H, dh 3 0 0 0
Stein B, 1b 2 1 1 0 Otis A, cf 4 0 1 0
Putnam P, 1b 2 0 0 0 Wathan J, rf 4 0 1 0
Roberts L, lf 4 1 1 0 Aikens W, 1b 4 0 0 0
Sundberg J, c 5 0 0 0 White F, 2b 3 1 1 1
Lisi R, rf 3 3 2 1 Quirk J, ph 1 0 1 0
Mendoza M, ss 3 1 2 1 Grote J, c 3 0 2 0
Phelps K, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 9 15 9 36 1 9 1
Texas 003 012 030 -- 9
Kansas City 000 010 000 -- 1
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt R (W) 7.0 8 1 1 0 0
Babcock B 2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Gura L (L) 5.2 10 6 6 1 1
Martin R 1.2 2 3 3 2 0
Brett K 1.2 3 0 0 0 0
E -- Honeycutt R, Mendoza M
DP -- Texas 2, Kansas City 2
LOB -- Texas 7, Kansas City 9
2B -- Bell B, Stein B, Wills B, Quirk J
HR -- White F
CS -- Washington U
SH -- Mendoza M
T -- 2:26
A -- 28876
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