Dave McKay and Joe Rudi slammed two-run homers to carry the A's to a 6-3 decision over the Royals. McKay hit for the circuit in the second inning and Rudi snapped a 3-3 tie with a four-ply wallop in the fourth. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Sunday, October   3, 1982 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
A's          1  2  0    2  0  0    0  0  1  -   6 11  0
Royals       0  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bell 3b               5   1   2   0     0   1   .333      Concepcion 2b         4   1   2   0     0   0   .234
Murphy ss             4   0   0   0     0   2   .238      Pryor 3b              3   1   2   0     1   0   .270
Lopes cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Wathan c              2   1   1   3     0   0   .270
  Langford cf,lf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Quirk ph,c          2   0   0   0     0   1   .231
  Brown rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Martin dh             2   0   0   0     0   2   .266
Burroughs lf          3   0   2   1     0   0   .277        Geronimo ph,dh      2   0   1   0     0   0   .269
  Davis pr,cf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .400      Rivera lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .100
Armas dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .233      Johnson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .286
  Norris pr,dh        0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Hammond rf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .230
Heath rf,lf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .242      Ryal cf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .077
Rudi 1b               2   2   2   2     0   0   .212      Biancalana ss         2   0   1   0     1   0   .500
  Moore 1b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Gura p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
McKay 2b              4   1   1   2     0   1   .198        Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kearney c             4   0   1   1     0   1   .169        Botelho p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Conroy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Black p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kingman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Frost p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hanna p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Beard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  11   6     0   7             Totals               31   3   7   3     4   6

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 24,488
Left on Base: A's 4, Royals 5
DP: A's 1, Royals 1
Doubles: Rudi (6), Burroughs (13), Pryor (10), Concepcion (9)
Triples: Biancalana (1)
Home Runs: McKay (4), Rudi (5), Wathan (3)
GIDP: Lopes (14), Biancalana (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Conroy                  3     3   3   3   2   3   1  13   3.55
Kingman W(4-12)         3     3   0   0   0   1   0  10   4.49
Hanna                   0.2   0   0   0   2   0   0   4   4.80
Beard SV(11)            2.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   8   3.44
Totals                  9     7   3   3   4   6   1  35

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gura L(18-12)           5     7   5   4   0   2   2  21   4.03
Hood                    1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.51
Botelho                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.13
Black                   1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   4.58
Frost                   1     3   1   1   0   1   0   6   5.51
Totals                  9    11   6   5   0   7   2  37

Passed Balls: Wathan (7)

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Greg Kosc


ATHLETICS 1ST: Bell singled to left; Murphy was called out on
strikes; Lopes flied out to center; Wathan allowed a passed ball
[Bell to second]; Burroughs singled to right [Bell scored
(unearned)]; Armas flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Concepcion popped to first in foul territory; Pryor
doubled to left; Wathan popped to catcher in foul territory;
Martin struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Heath flied out to center; Rudi doubled to right;
McKay homered [Rudi scored]; Kearney grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bell flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Rivera flied out to right; Johnson struck out;
Hammond flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Murphy grounded out (pitcher to first); Lopes
grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Ryal walked; Biancalana grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Ryal out at second]; Concepcion
doubled to left; Pryor walked; Wathan homered [Concepcion
scored, Pryor scored]; Martin struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Heath
singled to center; Rudi homered [Heath scored]; McKay flied out
to right; Kearney struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
5, Royals 3.

ROYALS 4TH: KINGMAN REPLACED CONROY (PITCHING); Rivera popped to
third in foul territory; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Hammond flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Bell singled to left; Murphy forced Bell (second
to shortstop); Lopes grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: LANGFORD REPLACED LOPES (PLAYING CF); MOORE REPLACED
RUDI (PLAYING 1B); Ryal grounded out (second to first);
Biancalana tripled to right [Biancalana out at home (right to
shortstop to catcher)]; Concepcion singled to center; Concepcion
was picked off first (catcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: HOOD REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Burroughs doubled
to center; DAVIS RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Armas struck out; Heath
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Davis to third]; Moore
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); LANGFORD CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Pryor singled to shortstop; QUIRK BATTED
FOR WATHAN; Quirk was called out on strikes; GERONIMO BATTED FOR
MARTIN; Geronimo lined to left; Rivera flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: GERONIMO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); QUIRK
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); BOTELHO REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING);
McKay struck out; Kearney grounded out (second to first); Bell
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: HANNA REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Johnson grounded
out (second to first); Hammond walked; Ryal flied out to center;
Biancalana walked [Hammond to second]; BEARD REPLACED HANNA
(PITCHING); Concepcion flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: BLACK REPLACED BOTELHO (PITCHING); Murphy struck
out; Langford flied out to right; Davis was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 3.

ROYALS 8TH: BROWN REPLACED LANGFORD (PLAYING RF); HEATH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Pryor flied out to center; Quirk
grounded out (shortstop to first); Geronimo singled to second;
Rivera forced Geronimo (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: FROST REPLACED BLACK (PITCHING); Armas singled to
left; NORRIS RAN FOR ARMAS; Heath singled to right [Norris to
second]; Moore flied out to right [Norris to third]; McKay
popped to shortstop; Kearney singled to left [Norris scored,
Heath to second]; Bell was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Royals 3.

ROYALS 9TH: NORRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Johnson struck
out; Hammond was called out on strikes; Ryal grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Royals
3.