Kansas City Royals (5) Minnesota Twins (2)

| 1981

Date of Game: Wednesday, September 30, 1981
Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

Kansas City Royals (AL)	Minnesota Twins (AL)
Record: 48-51	Record: 41-66
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Attendance: 15,900 Time of Game: 2:37

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Pete Mackanin HR in 2nd inning (26.17)

Clint Hurdle HR in 4th inning (22.78)

U.L. Washington 1B in 2nd inning (13.56)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Royals	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	16	0
Minnesota Twins	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0

Kansas City Royals Batting Stats

Kansas City Royals	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Willie Wilson	lf	26.083	5	0	3	2	0	0	.306	98	565	1	31	34
Frank White	2b	31.026	5	0	2	0	0	1	.240	90	1079	9	38	4
George Brett	3b	28.138	5	0	2	0	0	0	.308	85	1087	4	37	14
Willie Aikens	1b	26.351	5	0	2	0	0	0	.261	97	406	17	52	0
Amos Otis	cf	34.157	5	0	0	0	0	3	.261	95	1730	9	54	15
Hal McRae	dh	36.082	4	2	2	0	1	0	.278	97	1415	7	35	3
Clint Hurdle	rf	24.062	3	1	1	2	1	0	.318	25	356	4	13	0
Darryl Motley	ph-rf	21.253	0	0	0	0	1	0	.233	40	40	2	8	1
John Wathan	c	31.361	4	1	2	0	1	0	.254	85	449	1	17	11
U.L. Washington	ss	27.338	5	1	2	1	0	1	.229	94	427	2	27	9
Totals:			41	5	16	5	4	5	.390	806	7554

Minnesota Twins Batting Stats

Minnesota Twins	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Gary Ward	cf	27.298	4	0	1	0	0	2	.262	82	105	3	24	5
Ron Washington	ss	29.154	4	0	1	0	0	0	.211	25	35	0	4	4
Dave Engle	rf	24.304	4	0	0	0	0	0	.258	79	79	5	29	0
Roy Smalley	dh	28.340	4	0	0	0	0	0	.259	53	878	7	22	0
Mickey Hatcher	1b	26.199	3	0	0	0	0	0	.255	96	186	3	36	3
Gary Gaetti	3b	23.042	3	1	1	0	0	0	.208	8	8	2	3	0
Pete Mackanin	2b	30.060	3	1	1	2	0	0	.228	75	546	4	17	1
Tim Laudner	c	23.115	3	0	0	0	0	0	.194	11	11	2	4	0
Mark Funderburk	lf	24.137	3	0	0	0	0	1	.154	7	7	0	2	0
Bob Veselic	p	26.003	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4	5	0	0	0
Jack O'Connor	p	23.120	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	28	28	0	0	0
John Verhoeven	p	28.089	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	24	98	0	0	0
Totals:			31	2	4	2	0	3	.129	492	1986

Game Stats

2B: U.L. Washington (19)
HR: Clint Hurdle (4), Pete Mackanin (4)
RBIs: Clint Hurdle 2 (13), Pete Mackanin 2 (17), U.L. Washington (27), Willie Wilson 2 (31)
SB: Ron Washington (4)
GDP: Willie Aikens (11)

Kansas City Royals Pitching Stats

Kansas City Royals	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Larry Gura (W 11-7)	33.309	9	4	2	2	0	3	1	2.62	1.00	0	0	0	22	292
Pitching Totals:		9	4	2	2	0	3	1			0	0	0	22	292

Minnesota Twins Pitching Stats

Minnesota Twins	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Fernando Arroyo (L 7-10)	29.193	3.1	10	5	5	0	1	1	3.87	1.39	0	0	0	23	104
Bob Veselic	26.003	4.1	6	0	0	2	4	0	2.84	1.47	0	0	0	4	5
Jack O'Connor	23.120	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.17	2.17	0	0	0	28	28
John Verhoeven	28.089	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	1.35	0	0	0	24	98
Pitching Totals:		9	16	5	5	4	5	1			0	0	0	79	235

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Bob Veselic;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Gura 0-0-0; Fernando Arroyo 0-0-0; Bob Veselic 0-0-0; Jack O'Connor 0-0-0; John Verhoeven 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Larry Gura 31; Fernando Arroyo 18; Bob Veselic 21; Jack O'Connor 4; John Verhoeven 2;
Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 15,900
Umpires: Home: Marty Springstead 1B Joe Brinkman 2B Dale Ford 3B Derryl Cousins

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