GAME #11 (winners’ bracket second round):
Tony Armas led off the seventh inning with a solo home run and Steve McCatty threw a three-hit shutout as the top-seeded Athletics advanced. McCatty also walked three and struck out five. He stranded Royals runners on third base on two occasions, and on second base another two times. He gave up only one hit in the final five innings. Rickey Henderson had a pair of hits for the A’s. Larry Gura was the hard-luck loser, giving up six hits and one run with four strikeouts in a complete game.
1981 APBA Double-Elimination Tournament
1981 KANSAS CITY ROYALS (0) AT 1981 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1) 1981 KANSAS CITY ROY AB R H BI 1981 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI Willie Wilson 3 0 0 0 Rickey Henderson 4 0 2 0 Frank White 4 0 0 0 Dwayne Murphy 3 0 0 0 George Brett 4 0 1 0 Cliff Johnson 3 0 1 0 Willie Aikens 4 0 1 0 Tony Armas 3 1 1 1 Amos Otis 3 0 0 0 Mike Heath 3 0 0 0 Hal McRae 2 0 0 0 Jim Spencer 3 0 0 0 John Wathan 3 0 0 0 Shooty Babitt 3 0 1 0 Darryl Motley 3 0 0 0 Dave McKay 3 0 0 0 U.L. Washington 2 0 1 0 Rob Picciolo 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 28 0 3 0 TOTALS 28 1 6 1 1981 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 000 000 000 -- 0 1981 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 10x -- 1 LOB--1981 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 4, 1981 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 3. 2B--George Brett, Willie Aikens, U.L. Washington, Rickey Henderson. HR--Tony Armas. 1981 KANSAS CITY ROYALS IP H R ER BB SO HR Larry Gura [L] 8.00 6 1 1 0 4 1 1981 OAKLAND ATHLETICS Steve McCatty [W] 9.00 3 0 0 3 5 0 SO--Willie Wilson, Willie Aikens, Amos Otis, Frank White (2), Dwayne Murphy, Mike Heath, Tony Armas, Rickey Henderson. BB--Willie Wilson, Hal McRae, U.L. Washington.
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