In a game marked by a total of 34 hits, the Royals whacked their way past the Athletics, 16-8. The Royals collected 19 hits, including a homer, triple and two singles by Amos Otis, who drove in four runs. Ed Kirkpatrick and Paul Schaal each accounted for three RBIs as every player in the Royals' starting lineup joined in the attack with one or more hits. Gene Tenace had a two-run homer among the A's 15 hits. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 16, Oakland Athletics 8
Game Played on Thursday, April     19, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
A's          0  2  1    1  0  2    0  2  0  -   8 15  1
Royals       4  4  3    1  3  0    1  0  x  -  16 19  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         4   1   3   1     0   1   .273      Patek ss              5   3   2   0     1   0   .333
  Kubiak 3b           0   1   0   0     1   0   .231        Floyd ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Mangual cf            3   0   2   0     0   0   .333      Rojas 2b              4   3   1   1     2   1   .365
  North ph,cf         1   2   0   0     1   0   .226        Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Rudi lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Conigliaro lf       1   0   1   2     1   0   .286      Otis cf               5   3   4   4     1   0   .333
Jackson rf            2   0   0   0     1   0   .359      Mayberry 1b           5   1   2   0     1   1   .267
  Johnstone ph,rf     2   0   1   2     0   0   .500      Kirkpatrick rf        5   2   2   3     0   1   .269
Bando 3b              3   1   2   1     0   0   .273        Hovley rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Maxvill 3b,ss       2   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Piniella lf           4   2   3   2     0   0   .250
Tenace 1b             4   1   2   2     1   0   .306        Marshall lf         1   0   0   0     1   1   .250
Fosse c               2   0   0   0     1   0   .286      Hopkins dh            4   1   1   0     0   0   .444
  Haney c             2   0   1   0     0   0   .500        Bevacqua ph,dh,2b   2   0   0   0     0   0   .154
McKinney dh           5   1   2   0     0   0   .286      Schaal 3b             5   1   3   3     1   0   .318
Green 2b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .190      Taylor c              3   0   1   2     2   0   .273
Odom p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   8  15   8     6   1             Totals               44  16  19  15     9   4

Time of Game: 3:10   Attendance: 17,441
Left on Base: A's 10, Royals 13
DP: A's 0, Royals 4
Errors: Bando, Schaal
Doubles: Green (1), Conigliaro (1), Kirkpatrick (2), Patek 2 (4), Schaal 2 (2), Mayberry (2)
Triples: Otis (1)
Home Runs: Tenace (4), Otis (3)
Stolen Bases: Piniella (2)
GIDP: Rudi (1), McKinney 2 (2), Haney (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom L(0-3)             0.1   3   4   4   2   1   0   6  10.80
Lindblad                4    12  11  10   4   1   1  29  21.94
Knowles                 3.2   4   1   1   3   2   0  18   2.70
Totals                  8    19  16  15   9   4   1  53

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(3-0)       7    12   6   5   3   1   1  34   2.16
Wright                  1     3   2   2   3   0   0   9   9.00
Garber SV(1)            1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.38
Totals                  9    15   8   7   6   1   1  45

Wild Pitches: Lindblad (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Dave Phillips


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris was called out on strikes; Mangual
lined to left; Rudi flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Rojas walked [Patek to second]; Otis
tripled [Patek scored, Rojas scored]; Mayberry was called out on
strikes; Kirkpatrick singled [Otis scored]; Piniella singled
[Kirkpatrick to second]; LINDBLAD REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING);
Hopkins flied to center; Schaal walked [Kirkpatrick to third,
Piniella to second]; Taylor walked [Kirkpatrick scored, Piniella
to third, Schaal to second]; Patek forced Taylor (shortstop to
second); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson reached on an error by Schaal; Bando
forced Jackson (third to second); Tenace homered [Bando scored
(unearned)]; Fosse flied to right; McKinney singled; Green
grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 2ND: Rojas walked; Otis singled [Rojas to second];
Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted) [Rojas to third, Otis
to second]; Kirkpatrick doubled [Rojas scored, Otis scored];
Piniella singled [Kirkpatrick scored]; Piniella stole second;
Hopkins grounded out (first unassisted) [Piniella to third];
Schaal singled [Piniella scored]; Taylor grounded out (shortstop
to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 8.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris singled; Mangual singled [Campaneris
to second]; Rudi grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Campaneris to third, Mangual out at second];
Jackson walked; Bando singled [Campaneris scored, Jackson to
second]; Tenace lined to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, Royals 8.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek doubled; Rojas reached on an error by Bando
[Patek scored (no RBI)]; Otis homered [Rojas scored (unearned)];
Mayberry walked; Kirkpatrick popped to second; Piniella lined to
center; Hopkins flied to left; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Royals 11.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Fosse walked; McKinney grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Fosse out at second];
Green doubled; Campaneris singled [Green scored]; Mangual
singled [Campaneris to third]; Rudi forced Mangual (third to
second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 11.

ROYALS 4TH: Schaal doubled; Taylor singled [Schaal scored];
Patek forced Taylor (third to second); Rojas popped to first in
foul territory; Otis flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 4, Royals 12.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Bando
singled; Tenace lined to center; Fosse grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 12.

ROYALS 5TH: CONIGLIARO REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING LF); MAXVILL
REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING 3B); Mayberry doubled; Lindblad threw a
wild pitch [Mayberry to third]; Kirkpatrick struck out; Piniella
singled [Mayberry scored]; Hopkins singled [Piniella to second];
Schaal doubled [Piniella scored, Hopkins scored]; KNOWLES
REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Taylor walked; Patek lined to
right; Rojas was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 4, Royals 15.

ATHLETICS 6TH: MARSHALL REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING LF); McKinney
singled; Green flied to left; Campaneris singled [McKinney to
second]; NORTH BATTED FOR MANGUAL; North forced Campaneris
(third to second) [McKinney to third]; Conigliaro doubled
[McKinney scored, North scored]; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR JACKSON;
Johnstone popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
6, Royals 15.

ROYALS 6TH: KUBIAK REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING 3B); NORTH
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
RF); MAXVILL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); HANEY REPLACED
FOSSE (PLAYING C ); Otis walked; Mayberry singled [Otis to
third]; Kirkpatrick popped to first; Marshall was called out on
strikes; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR HOPKINS; Bevacqua forced Mayberry
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Royals 15.

ATHLETICS 7TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Maxvill
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace walked; Haney grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Tenace out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Royals 15.

ROYALS 7TH: Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); Taylor
lined to shortstop; Patek doubled; Rojas singled [Patek scored];
Otis singled [Rojas to second]; Mayberry popped to catcher in
foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Royals 16.

ATHLETICS 8TH: WRIGHT REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); FLOYD
REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING SS); HOVLEY REPLACED KIRKPATRICK
(PLAYING RF); McKinney grounded out (pitcher to first); Green
flied to center; Kubiak walked; North walked [Kubiak to second];
Conigliaro walked [Kubiak to third, North to second]; Johnstone
singled [Kubiak scored, North scored, Conigliaro to third];
Maxvill flied out to left; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 8,
Royals 16.

ROYALS 8TH: Hovley grounded out (third to first); Marshall
walked; Bevacqua flied to right; Schaal forced Marshall
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 8,
Royals 16.

ATHLETICS 9TH: WRIGHT REPLACED ROJAS (PITCHING); BEVACQUA
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Tenace singled; Haney singled
[Tenace to second]; GARBER REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); McKinney
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Tenace
to third, Haney out at second]; Green lined to third; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 8, Royals 16.