Vida Blue yielded only one hit -- a single by Pat Kelly with two out in the eighth inning -- and pitched the Athletics to a 3-0 victory over the Royals. The A's halted their three-game losing streak while snapping a string of four straight victories for the Royals.

Tommy Davis doubled and Reggie Jackson singled for a run in the sixth inning. The A's padded their lead in the eighth with a single by Sal Bando, an error, a double by Dick Green and single by Bert Campaneris. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 3, Kansas City Royals 0

Game Played on Friday, September 11, 1970 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium

A's 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 3 11 0 Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 3 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 5 0 1 1 0 1 .278 Kelly rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .229 Monday cf 2 0 1 0 2 0 .290 Rojas 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Brooks ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Otis cf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .284 Hovley cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Oliver 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .261 Alou lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .301 Davis 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .286 Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Bando 3b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .265 Rodriguez c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Jackson rf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .232 Severson ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .254 Tenace c 2 1 0 0 2 0 .304 Bunker p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .042 Green 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .186 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Blue p 4 0 2 0 0 2 .500 Taylor ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .173 Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Totals 37 3 11 3 5 7 Totals 28 0 1 0 4 7 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 6,993 Left on Base: A's 12, Royals 6 DP: A's 0, Royals 1 Errors: Kelly, Schaal 2 Doubles: Davis (9), Blue (1), Green (6) Stolen Bases: Jackson (21), Kelly (31), Otis (25) Caught Stealing: Alou (5) GIDP: Alou (11) Hit by Pitch: Rodriguez (4,by Blue) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue W(1-0) 9 1 0 0 4 7 0 33 2.70 Totals 9 1 0 0 4 7 0 33 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bunker L(1-10) 7.1 8 3 2 5 5 0 35 4.82 Burgmeier 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 3.26 Abernathy 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.53 Totals 9 11 3 2 5 7 0 42 Hit by Pitch: Blue (1) Umpires: HP - Emmett Ashford, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jerry Neudecker ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); Monday singled to left; Alou grounded out (third to first) [Monday to second]; Davis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Kelly grounded out (second to first); Rojas grounded out (second to first); Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando walked; Jackson made an out to second; Tenace grounded out (third to first) [Bando to second]; Green made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Oliver flied out to center; Piniella made an out to second; Schaal lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Blue singled; Campaneris flied out to right; Monday walked [Blue to second]; Alou grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Monday out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Rodriguez made an out to first; Severson flied out to left; Bunker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Davis popped to third in foul territory; Bando was called out on strikes; Jackson singled; Jackson stole second; Tenace walked; Green flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Kelly flied out to left; Rojas flied out to left; Otis walked; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Blue was called out on strikes; Campaneris struck out; Monday lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Piniella grounded out (first to pitcher); Schaal grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez was hit by a pitch; Severson walked [Rodriguez to second]; Bunker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Alou flied out to center; Davis doubled to left; Bando popped to third in foul territory; Jackson singled to right [Jackson to second (error by Kelly), Davis scored]; Tenace walked; Green flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 6TH: Kelly walked; Kelly stole second; Rojas made an out to third; Otis grounded out (third to first); Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Blue doubled to right; Campaneris lined to third; Monday walked; Alou made an out to first; Davis flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 7TH: Piniella struck out; Schaal made an out to first; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: Bando singled; Jackson was called out on strikes; Tenace reached on an error by Schaal [Bando to third (error by Schaal)]; Green doubled to left [Tenace to third, Bando scored]; BURGMEIER REPLACED BUNKER (PITCHING); Blue struck out; Campaneris singled to left [Green to third, Tenace scored (unearned)]; BROOKS BATTED FOR MONDAY; Brooks struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 8TH: HOVLEY REPLACED BROOKS (PLAYING CF); Severson flied out to right; TAYLOR BATTED FOR BURGMEIER; Taylor struck out; Kelly singled to right; Rojas made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Alou singled; Alou was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Davis singled; Bando forced Davis (second to shortstop); Jackson flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 9TH: Otis walked; Otis stole second; Oliver struck out; Piniella flied out to center; Schaal made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 0.

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