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Royals
@ Mariners
Kingdome
May 27, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the Kansas City Royals, played on May 27, 1981 at Kingdome.
Game Summary
Date | May 27, 1981 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Home Team |
Seattle Mariners
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 27, 1981 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
Home Team | Seattle Mariners |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Paul Splittorff |
Home Starting Pitcher | Floyd Bannister |
Ballpark | Kingdome |
City | Seattle |
State | WA |
Attendance | 6,331 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 53 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Larry McCoy 1B: Durwood Merrill 2B: Dave Phillips 3B: Jerry Neudecker |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Willie Wilson | Left Fielder |
Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
George Brett | Third Baseman |
Willie Aikens | First Baseman |
Hal McRae | Right Fielder |
Lee May | DH |
Frank White | Second Baseman |
John Wathan | Catcher |
U L Washington | Shortstop |
Jim Frey | Manager |
Seattle Mariners Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lenny Randle | Third Baseman |
Rick Auerbach | Shortstop |
Tom Paciorek | Left Fielder |
Gary Gray | DH |
Jeff Burroughs | Right Fielder |
Bruce Bochte | First Baseman |
Dave Henderson | Center Fielder |
Bud Bulling | Catcher |
Julio Cruz | Second Baseman |
Rene Lachemann | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ Mariners
Kingdome
May 27, 1981
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Bannister
Wilson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Paciorek who is chasing the ball. Wilson reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Otis vs. Bannister
Otis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brett vs. Bannister
Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilson scores. Otis moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aikens vs. Bannister
Aikens hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Bannister
McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Bannister
May is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Bannister
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 4 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Splittorff
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Auerbach vs. Splittorff
Auerbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paciorek vs. Splittorff
Paciorek strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 4 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Bannister
Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Auerbach scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Bannister
Washington hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Bannister
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Bannister
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 5 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gray vs. Splittorff
Gray hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Gray reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burroughs vs. Splittorff
Burroughs is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bochte vs. Splittorff
Bochte hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gray moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henderson vs. Splittorff
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gray scores. Bochte moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bulling vs. Splittorff
Bulling hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. White catches it and throws to first to double up Henderson. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 5 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Bannister
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aikens vs. Bannister
Aikens hits a fly ball into left field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Bannister
McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Bannister
May strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 5 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Splittorff
Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randle vs. Splittorff
There goes Cruz. The throw from Wathan and he is safe. Cruz steals second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randle vs. Splittorff
Randle strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Auerbach vs. Splittorff
Auerbach hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Paciorek vs. Splittorff
Paciorek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 5 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Bannister
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wathan vs. Bannister
Wathan hits a fly ball into right field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Bannister
Washington hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Paciorek. Washington reaches second base with a double. White moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wilson vs. Bannister
Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White scores. Washington moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Otis vs. Andersen
Larry Andersen now pitching.
Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Washington tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Andersen
Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 7 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gray vs. Splittorff
Gray hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burroughs vs. Splittorff
Burroughs 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, 7 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bochte vs. Splittorff
Bochte hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 7 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aikens vs. Andersen
Aikens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Auerbach scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Andersen
McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Andersen
May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Andersen
White hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 7 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Splittorff
Henderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bulling vs. Splittorff
Bulling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cruz vs. Splittorff
Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Henderson scores. Bulling moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Randle vs. Splittorff
There goes Cruz. The throw from Wathan and he is safe. Cruz steals second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Randle vs. Splittorff
Randle hits a fly ball into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bulling tags and scores. Cruz tags and moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Auerbach vs. Splittorff
Auerbach hits a fly ball into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cruz tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paciorek vs. Splittorff
Paciorek hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 7 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Andersen
Wathan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Andersen
There goes Wathan. The throw from Bulling and he is out, Auerbach applying the tag. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Andersen
Washington takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Andersen
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Andersen
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wilson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brett vs. Andersen
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Auerbach fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 7 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gray vs. Splittorff
Gray strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burroughs vs. Splittorff
Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bochte vs. Splittorff
Bochte hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aikens scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bochte for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 7 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aikens vs. Andersen
Aikens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Auerbach scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Andersen
McRae hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Andersen
May hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 7 - Mariners, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Splittorff
Henderson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bulling vs. Splittorff
Bulling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Splittorff
Cruz hits a fly ball towards right. McRae settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on McRae. Cruz moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randle vs. Martin
Renie Martin now pitching.
Randle hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Meyer vs. Martin
Dan Meyer pinch hits for Rick Auerbach.
Meyer hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 7 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Drago
Jim Anderson now playing shortstop. Dick Drago now pitching.
White hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Drago
Wathan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Drago
Washington hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Paciorek. Washington reaches second base with a double. Wathan moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wilson vs. Drago
Wilson is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Otis vs. Drago
Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wathan tags and scores. Washington tags and moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brett vs. Drago
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 8 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paciorek vs. Martin
Cesar Geronimo now playing right field.
Paciorek hits a fly ball into right field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gray vs. Martin
Gray hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wathan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burroughs vs. Martin
Burroughs hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 8 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aikens vs. Drago
Aikens hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Aikens for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Drago
Geronimo hits a fly ball into right field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Drago
May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 8 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bochte vs. Martin
Bochte takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Martin
Henderson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Narron vs. Martin
Jerry Narron pinch hits for Bud Bulling.
Narron strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Martin
Cruz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Geronimo. Cruz reaches second base with a double. Bochte moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Mariners, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Randle vs. Quisenberry
Dan Quisenberry now pitching.
Randle 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
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/27/1981 -- Kansas City at Seattle (N) Kansas City AB R H RBI Seattle AB R H RBI Wilson W, lf 4 1 2 1 Randle L, 3b 4 0 0 1 Otis A, cf 2 1 1 2 Auerbach R, ss 2 0 0 1 Brett G, 3b 5 1 1 1 Meyer D, ph 1 0 0 0 Aikens W, 1b 5 1 1 3 Anderson J, ss 0 0 0 0 McRae H, rf 4 0 2 0 Paciorek T, lf 4 0 0 0 Geronimo C, rf 1 0 0 0 Gray G, dh 4 1 1 0 May L, dh 5 0 0 0 Burroughs J, rf 4 0 0 0 White F, 2b 4 1 1 0 Bochte B, 1b 3 0 1 0 Wathan J, c 4 1 2 0 Henderson D, cf 3 2 2 2 Washington U, ss 3 2 3 1 Bulling B, c 3 1 1 0 Narron J, ph 1 0 0 0 Cruz J, 2b 4 1 3 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 8 13 8 33 5 8 5 Kansas City 410 200 010 -- 8 Seattle 010 030 100 -- 5 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Splittorff P (W) 6.1 7 5 5 1 4 Martin R 2.1 1 0 0 1 2 Quisenberry D (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Seattle IP H R ER BB SO Bannister F (L) 3.1 8 7 7 1 2 Andersen L 3.2 3 0 0 1 0 Drago D 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 E -- McRae H DP -- Kansas City 1 LOB -- Kansas City 7, Seattle 5 2B -- Gray G, Washington U 2, Cruz J 3B -- Wilson W HR -- Aikens W, Washington U, Henderson D SB -- Cruz J 2 CS -- Wathan J SF -- Otis A 2, Randle L, Auerbach R T -- 2:53 A -- 6331
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