The Royals succeeded in forcing the exit of Vida Blue for a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning, but lost nevertheless to the Athletics, who rallied for five runs in the ninth on only two hits to gain a 5-3 victory. Blue had pitched seven straight complete-game victories, but the southpaw was losing, 3-0, when removed. Oakland Athletics 5, Kansas City Royals 3Game Played on Friday, May 14, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal StadiumA's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 5 6 1 Royals 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 3 0 2 2 2 0 .245 Patek ss 4 1 3 1 0 1 .255 Rudi lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Rojas 2b 3 0 3 1 0 0 .326 Jackson rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .244 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Epstein 1b 1 1 0 0 3 1 .269 Oliver 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .218 Bando 3b 2 1 0 0 2 1 .268 Paepke rf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .263 Monday cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .220 Kirkpatrick ph,rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .240 Brown 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Schaal 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .303 Duncan c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .231 Savage lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .182 Hovley ph,cf 0 1 0 1 1 0 .167 May c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .283 Green 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Wright p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Davis ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .314 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blue p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .160 Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Mangual ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .229 York p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Locker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Knoop ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Tenace ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Totals 27 5 6 5 10 7 Totals 32 3 10 3 2 5 Time of Game: 2:55 Attendance: 21,237 Left on Base: A's 6, Royals 6 DP: A's 3, Royals 6 Errors: Bando, Oliver, Schaal Doubles: Paepke 2 (5) Triples: Patek (2) Stolen Bases: Campaneris 2 (10), Otis (10) Sacrifice Hits: Blue (5), Wright (1) Sacrifice Flies: Rojas (2) GIDP: Rudi 2 (6), Monday (2), Bando (3), Duncan (3), Otis 2 (4) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue 7 8 3 3 1 3 0 27 1.27 Locker W(2-0) 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 6 3.38 Knowles SV(3) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.24 Totals 9 10 3 3 2 5 0 36 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wright 8 4 1 1 7 5 0 30 2.79 Burgmeier 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.69 Abernathy L(1-3) 0.1 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 2.25 Fitzmorris 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 4.64 York 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 4.50 Totals 9 6 5 5 10 7 0 38 Passed Balls: May (3) Wild Pitches: Blue (6) Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Jim Odom ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris singled to shortstop; Rudi grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Campaneris out at second]; Jackson singled to left; Epstein walked [Jackson to second]; Bando was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Rojas singled to right; Otis grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rojas out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Monday flied out to left; Duncan singled to left; Green flied into a double play (center to first) [Duncan out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Oliver grounded out (first to pitcher); Paepke doubled; Schaal grounded out (second to first) [Paepke to third]; Savage lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Blue struck out; Campaneris reached on an error by Schaal; Rudi forced Campaneris (third to second) [Rudi to first (error by Oliver)]; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: May singled to right; Blue threw a wild pitch [May to second]; Wright out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [May to third]; Patek singled to center [May scored]; Rojas singled to right [Patek to third]; Otis grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rojas out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Epstein was called out on strikes; Bando walked; Monday grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bando out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Paepke doubled to left; Schaal walked; Savage singled to center [Schaal to third, Paepke scored]; May flied into a double play (right to catcher) [Schaal out at home]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan singled to center; Green struck out; Blue out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Duncan to second]; May allowed a passed ball [Duncan to third]; Campaneris walked; Campaneris stole second; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: Wright grounded out (third to first); Patek tripled to center; Rojas hit a sacrifice fly to left [Patek scored]; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Jackson flied out to left; Epstein walked; Bando grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Epstein out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 3. ROYALS 6TH: Oliver struck out; Paepke made an out to shortstop; Schaal lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Monday walked; Duncan grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Monday out at second]; Green grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 3. ROYALS 7TH: Savage grounded out (third to first); May struck out; Wright flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: MANGUAL BATTED FOR BLUE; Mangual struck out; Campaneris walked; Rudi grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Campaneris out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 3. ROYALS 8TH: LOCKER REPLACED MANGUAL (PITCHING); Patek singled to left; Rojas singled [Patek out at home (center to second to catcher), Rojas to second (on throw)]; Otis reached on an error by Bando [Rojas to third]; Otis stole second; Oliver struck out; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR PAEPKE; Kirkpatrick was walked intentionally; Schaal struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: KIRKPATRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Jackson walked; BURGMEIER REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Epstein walked [Jackson to second]; ABERNATHY REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Bando walked [Jackson to third, Epstein to second]; Monday forced Jackson (pitcher to catcher) [Bando to second, Epstein to third]; HOVLEY BATTED FOR DUNCAN; Hovley walked [Epstein scored, Bando to third, Monday to second]; FITZMORRIS REPLACED ABERNATHY (PITCHING); DAVIS BATTED FOR GREEN; Davis singled to left [Bando scored, Monday scored, Hovley to third, Davis to second (on throw)]; TENACE BATTED FOR LOCKER; YORK REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Tenace struck out; Campaneris singled to left [Davis scored, Hovley scored]; Campaneris stole second; Rudi struck out; 5 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 3. ROYALS 9TH: HOVLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BROWN REPLACED MONDAY (PLAYING 2B); KNOWLES REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); TENACE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Savage grounded out (third to first); May grounded out (shortstop to first); KNOOP BATTED FOR YORK; Knoop flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 3. |
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