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September 13, 1981

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Royals 5 14 0
Athletics 5 13 1
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Athletics 5 13 1

Dwayne Murphy Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .268
OBP .400 .385
At Bats 4 321
Hits 1 86
• Singles 1 63
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 1 61
RBI’s 1 51

Paul Splittorff Season Stats

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3 5 0
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - September 13, 1981
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Out
Paul Splittorff
John Wathan
Willie Aikens
Frank White
George Brett
U L Washington
Willie Wilson
Amos Otis
Cesar Geronimo
Dwayne Murphy
Rickey Henderson
Dave McKay
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Murphy hits a fly ball into right field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McKay moves to third. Henderson moves to second.

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Bottom 11 Henderson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 11 Stanley bunts towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out. McKay moves to second.
Bottom 11 McKay takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Dave Beard now pitching. Otis strikes out.
Top 11 Aikens hits a line drive into right field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Tom Underwood now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Wilson moves to third. Brett moves to second.
Top 11 Brett is walked intentionally.
Top 11 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sexton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 There goes Wilson. The throw from Heath and he is safe. Wilson steals second.
Top 11 Rick Bosetti now playing right field. Jeff Newman now playing first base. Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Jeff Newman pinch hits for Mike Davis. 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.
Bottom 10 Heath strikes out.
Bottom 10 Paul Splittorff now pitching. Rick Bosetti pinch hits for Jim Nettles. Bosetti strikes out.
Top 10 Washington strikes out.
Top 10 Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out. Otis moves to third.
Top 10 Geronimo is walked intentionally.
Top 10 McRae bunts in front of the plate. Heath scoops up the ball and tags McRae for the out. Otis moves to second.
Top 10 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Sexton is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Mitchell Page pinch runs for Cliff Johnson. There goes Page. The throw from Wathan and he is safe. Page steals second.
Bottom 9 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Murphy strikes out.
Bottom 9 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Aikens hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Brett hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. McKay settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jimmy Sexton now playing third base. Mike Davis now playing first base. Fred Stanley now playing shortstop. White hits a popup, foul, towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Keith Drumright pinch hits for Rob Picciolo. Drumright hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Mike Davis pinch runs for Jim Spencer. McKay hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jim Spencer pinch hits for Kelvin Moore. Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sexton scores.
Bottom 8 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Quisenberry fields it and throws to first for the out. Sexton moves to third.
Bottom 8 Jimmy Sexton pinch runs for Wayne Gross. Nettles bunts towards the mound. Quisenberry fields it and throws to first for the out. Sexton moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes Washington. The throw from Heath and he is out, McKay applying the tag.
Top 8 Washington hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Wayne Gross now playing third base. Jim Nettles now playing right field. Wathan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McKay settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Murphy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McKay scores. Picciolo moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dan Quisenberry now pitching. Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Moore tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Klutts scores. Moore moves to third. McKay moves to second.
Bottom 7 McKay hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Klutts moves to third. Moore moves to second.
Bottom 7 Moore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Klutts moves to second.
Bottom 7 Heath hits a fly ball into right field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Klutts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Geronimo hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McRae takes first base on ball four. Brett moves to third. Aikens moves to second.
Top 7 Jeff Jones now pitching. Otis is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Aikens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brett moves to second.
Top 7 Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 White hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Armas strikes out.
Bottom 6 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Cesar Geronimo now playing right field. Murphy strikes out.
Top 6 Wilson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Klutts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Washington hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McRae tags and scores. Geronimo tags and moves to second.
Top 6 Cesar Geronimo pinch runs for Clint Hurdle. Wathan hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hurdle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Otis scores. McRae moves to third.
Top 6 McRae hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. McRae reaches second base with a double. Otis moves to third.
Top 6 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Moore moves to third.
Bottom 5 McKay hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moore moves to second.
Bottom 5 Moore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Aikens strikes out.
Top 5 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Heath strikes out.
Bottom 4 Klutts takes first base on ball four. Murphy moves to second.
Bottom 4 Armas strikes out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a line drive into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Murphy takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Washington hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McRae scores. There goes Hurdle trying to get to home. Henderson throws the ball in to Heath who tags Hurdle, who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Top 4 Wathan bunts towards third. Klutts fields it and throws to first for the out. McRae moves to third. Hurdle moves to second.
Top 4 Hurdle takes first base on ball four. McRae moves to second.
Top 4 McRae hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Henderson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Picciolo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 McKay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Moore hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Otis. The throw from Heath and he is out, McKay applying the tag.
Top 3 Otis is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Aikens hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 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.
Bottom 2 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Klutts hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Armas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wathan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 White hits a popup towards third. Klutts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wilson hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Washington bunts in front of the plate. Heath throws the ball towards first to get the runner. He throws it away into right field. Armas throws it back to Heath, who tags the runner out. Hurdle scores. Washington moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Wathan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hurdle moves to second.
Top 2 Hurdle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Murphy hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jones spins and fires to second, and Henderson is picked off.
Bottom 1 There goes Henderson. The throw from Wathan and he is safe. Henderson steals second.
Bottom 1 Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 McRae strikes out.
Top 1 Otis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brett scores. Aikens moves to third.
Top 1 Aikens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brett moves to third.
Top 1 Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 White hits a line drive towards third. Klutts reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCatty fields it and throws to first for the out.