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Royals
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 27, 1980
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals, played on May 27, 1980 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 27, 1980 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 27, 1980 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dennis Leonard |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Brian Kingman |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 4,488 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 3 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Al Clark 1B: Dave Phillips 2B: Steve Palermo 3B: Derryl Cousins |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Willie Wilson | Left Fielder |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Darrell Porter | DH |
| Willie Aikens | First Baseman |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| John Wathan | Catcher |
| Clint Hurdle | Right Fielder |
| U L Washington | Shortstop |
| Jim Frey | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Dave Revering | First Baseman |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Mitchell Page | DH |
| Tony Armas | Right Fielder |
| Jeff Newman | Catcher |
| Mickey Klutts | Shortstop |
| Mike Edwards | Second Baseman |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 27, 1980
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Kingman
Wilson hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Kingman
White strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Kingman
Brett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Kingman
Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Leonard
Henderson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Leonard
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 -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Leonard
Revering hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aikens scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Revering for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aikens vs. Kingman
Aikens takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Kingman
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Klutts fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Kingman
Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Klutts scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Leonard
Gross hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Gross reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Page vs. Leonard
Page hits a line drive into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Armas vs. Leonard
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gross moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Newman vs. Leonard
There goes Gross. The slide. Wathan applies the tag. Gross is out. Armas moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newman vs. Leonard
Newman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hurdle vs. Kingman
Hurdle hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Kingman
Washington hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Kingman
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klutts vs. Leonard
Klutts hits a line drive into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Leonard
Edwards hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Leonard
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Leonard
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
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Kingman
White hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Kingman
Brett hits a fly ball towards left. Henderson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Henderson. Brett moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Porter vs. Kingman
Porter hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aikens vs. Kingman
Aikens takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Otis vs. Kingman
Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Leonard
Revering hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Leonard
Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Revering moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Page vs. Leonard
Page hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Revering tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Leonard
There's a wild pitch. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Armas vs. Leonard
Armas strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newman vs. Leonard
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Kingman
Wathan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hurdle vs. Kingman
Hurdle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Kingman
Washington hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Kingman
There goes Washington. The throw from Newman and he is out, Edwards applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klutts vs. Leonard
Klutts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Leonard
Edwards bunts towards first. Aikens scoops it up and throws to first, with White covering, for the out. Klutts moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Leonard
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aikens fields the ball and throws to Leonard covering. Safe. Klutts moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Murphy vs. Leonard
There goes Henderson. The throw from Wathan and he is safe. Henderson steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Murphy vs. Leonard
Murphy hits a popup towards short. Washington settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Revering vs. Leonard
Revering hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Kingman
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Kingman
White hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Kingman
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Kingman
Porter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brett moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aikens vs. Kingman
Aikens strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Leonard
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Page vs. Leonard
Page hits a popup towards short. Washington settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Leonard
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Kingman
Otis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wathan vs. Kingman
Wathan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Otis moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hurdle vs. Kingman
Hurdle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Otis scores. Wathan moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Washington vs. Kingman
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Klutts scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hurdle moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wilson vs. Kingman
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilson for the out. Wathan scores. Hurdle moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
White vs. Kingman
White hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Leonard
Newman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klutts vs. Leonard
Klutts strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Leonard
Edwards is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Leonard
Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Leonard
Murphy takes first base on ball four. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Revering vs. Leonard
Revering strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Kingman
Wayne Gross now playing first base. Dave McKay now playing third base.
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gross fields the ball and throws to Kingman covering. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Kingman
Porter hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aikens vs. Kingman
Aikens is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Kingman
Otis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Otis reaches second base with a double. Brett goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wathan vs. Jones
Jeff Jones now pitching.
Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Leonard
Pete LaCock now playing first base.
Gross hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Leonard
Page hits a fly ball towards center. Otis settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Otis. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Leonard
There goes Page. The throw from Wathan and he is safe. Page steals second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Armas vs. Leonard
Armas strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newman vs. Leonard
Newman 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
Top 9
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Royals, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hurdle vs. Jones
Hurdle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gross scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hurdle for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Jones
Washington hits a line drive into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Jones
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Klutts fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Jones
White hits a fly ball towards left. Henderson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Henderson. Wilson goes all the way around to score. White moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brett vs. Lacey
Bob Lacey now pitching.
Brett hits a line drive into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klutts vs. Leonard
Klutts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Leonard
Mike Davis pinch hits for Mike Edwards.
Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Leonard
Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Klutts trying to get to third. Hurdle throws the ball in to Brett, who tags Klutts for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Leonard
There goes Henderson. The throw from Wathan and he is safe. Henderson steals second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Leonard
Murphy strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/27/1980 -- Kansas City at Oakland (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Wilson W, lf 5 1 1 1 Henderson R, lf 5 0 3 0
White F, 2b 5 0 0 0 Murphy D, cf 4 0 0 0
Brett G, 3b 5 1 3 0 Revering D, 1b 4 1 1 0
Porter D, dh 4 0 1 0 McKay D, 3b 0 0 0 0
Aikens W, 1b 2 0 0 0 Gross W, 3b-1b 3 0 2 0
LaCock P, 1b 0 0 0 0 Page M, dh 3 0 0 1
Otis A, cf 3 1 1 1 Armas T, rf 4 0 1 0
Wathan J, c 4 1 2 0 Newman J, c 4 1 1 1
Hurdle C, rf 4 0 1 1 Klutts M, ss 4 0 2 0
Washington U, ss 4 0 1 0 Edwards M, 2b 2 0 1 0
Davis M, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 4 10 3 34 2 11 2
Kansas City 000 000 211 -- 4
Oakland 000 100 100 -- 2
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard D (W) 9.0 11 2 2 2 7
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Kingman B (L) 7.2 9 3 3 3 3
Jones J 1.0 1 1 0 0 0
Lacey B 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Henderson R 2, Otis A
DP -- Kansas City 1, Oakland 2
LOB -- Kansas City 8, Oakland 9
2B -- Gross W, Otis A
HR -- Newman J
SB -- Henderson R 2, Page M
CS -- Gross W, Washington U
SH -- Edwards M
SF -- Page M
WP -- Leonard D
T -- 3:03
A -- 4488
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