A double by Amos Otis and single by Gail Hopkins each accounted for two runs in the seventh inning as the Royals came from behind to defeat the Athletics. 5-4. Darold Knowles was tagged with his first loss since coming to the A's from the Senators. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Saturday, May       15, 1971 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium
A's          0  0  1    0  2  0    0  1  0  -   4  7  0
Royals       0  0  0    1  0  0    4  0  x  -   5  8  3


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   1   1   0     0   0   .243      Patek ss              3   1   1   0     1   0   .257
Rudi lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Keough rf             1   1   0   0     2   0   .235
  Odom pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Paepke ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .282
Jackson rf            2   1   1   1     3   0   .248        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Epstein 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .269        Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bando 3b              3   0   0   1     1   0   .262      Otis cf               4   1   2   2     0   1   .297
Hovley cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Hopkins 1b            4   0   2   2     0   0   .250
  Mangual ph,cf       0   0   0   0     1   0   .229        Oliver 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .218
Duncan c              3   0   1   0     0   2   .234      Kirkpatrick lf,c      4   0   1   1     0   0   .240
  Davis ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .306      Rojas 2b,lf           3   0   0   0     1   2   .319
  Brown 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .219      Schaal 3b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .297
Green 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .216      May c                 3   0   1   0     0   0   .286
  Webster ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Knoop 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dal Canton p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Fingers p             2   2   2   0     0   0   .294        Savage ph,rf        2   1   0   0     0   0   .167
  Knowles p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tenace c            1   0   0   0     0   1   .261

Totals               33   4   7   3     5   5             Totals               30   5   8   5     5   4

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 12,667
Left on Base: A's 8, Royals 8
DP: A's 0, Royals 0
Errors: Patek, Burgmeier, Dal Canton
Doubles: Kirkpatrick (5), Otis (6)
Triples: Jackson (1)
Stolen Bases: Patek (6)
Caught Stealing: Epstein (1), Patek (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Rudi (7)
Hit by Pitch: Schaal (2,by Fingers), Patek (1,by Fingers)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fingers                 5     4   1   1   3   2   0  22   3.76
Knowles L(2-3)          2     4   4   4   1   2   0  11   4.82
Locker                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.18
Totals                  8     8   5   5   5   4   0  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dal Canton W(4-1)       7     5   3   2   3   3   0  29   2.06
Burgmeier               0.1   1   1   0   2   0   0   4   1.66
Abernathy SV(6)         1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.04
Totals                  9     7   4   2   5   5   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Fingers 2 (6)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Larry McCoy


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Rudi
made an out to third; Jackson walked; Epstein flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled; Patek stole second; Patek was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); Keough walked; Otis flied out
to center; Hopkins flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando walked; Hovley flied out to left; Duncan
struck out; Green grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick flied out to center; Rojas walked; Rojas
was picked off first (pitcher to first to second to pitcher to
shortstop); Schaal popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: On a bunt Fingers singled to third; Campaneris
made an out to second; Rudi flied out to right; Jackson tripled
to center [Fingers scored]; Epstein lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: May grounded out (third to first); Dal Canton struck
out; Patek grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando popped to first in foul territory; Hovley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan singled to left; Green
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Keough walked; Otis struck out; Hopkins made an out
to shortstop; Kirkpatrick doubled [Keough scored, Kirkpatrick to
third (on throw)]; Rojas flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Fingers singled to center; Campaneris singled to
left [Fingers to second]; Rudi out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Campaneris to second, Fingers to third]; Jackson
walked; Epstein forced Jackson (first to shortstop) [Fingers
scored, Campaneris scored (error by Dal Canton) (unearned)];
Epstein was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Schaal was hit by a pitch; May forced Schaal (first
to shortstop); Dal Canton forced May (first to shortstop); Patek
was hit by a pitch [Dal Canton to second]; Keough grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando flied out to right; Hovley grounded out
(second to first); Duncan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis singled to left; Hopkins singled to right [Otis
to second]; KNOWLES REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); On a bunt
Kirkpatrick forced Hopkins (pitcher to shortstop) [Otis to
third]; Rojas struck out; Schaal grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Green popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Knowles popped to third in foul territory; Campaneris reached on
an error by Patek; Rudi flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: May singled to center; SAVAGE BATTED FOR DAL CANTON;
Savage forced May (pitcher to second); Patek walked [Savage to
second]; PAEPKE BATTED FOR KEOUGH; Paepke singled to first
[Patek to second, Savage to third]; Otis doubled [Paepke to
third, Patek scored, Savage scored]; Hopkins singled to center
[Otis scored, Paepke scored]; Kirkpatrick forced Hopkins
(pitcher to shortstop); Rojas struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: OLIVER REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 1B); BURGMEIER
REPLACED PAEPKE (PITCHING); KIRKPATRICK CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING C ); KNOOP REPLACED MAY (PLAYING 2B); ROJAS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); SAVAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
Jackson walked; catcher Jerry May struck on knee and injured
by ball; Epstein singled to third [Jackson to second];
Epstein was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Burgmeier [Epstein to second, Jackson to third]; Bando grounded
out (second to first) [Epstein to third, Jackson scored
(unearned)]; MANGUAL BATTED FOR HOVLEY; Mangual walked; DAVIS
BATTED FOR DUNCAN; ABERNATHY REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING);
Davis struck out; WEBSTER BATTED FOR GREEN; Webster grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: MANGUAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BROWN REPLACED
DAVIS (PLAYING 2B); LOCKER REPLACED WEBSTER (PITCHING); TENACE
REPLACED KNOWLES (PLAYING C ); Schaal walked; Knoop flied out to
right; Savage forced Schaal (third to second); Patek lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Tenace was called out on strikes; Campaneris
flied out to right; Rudi singled to center; ODOM RAN FOR RUDI;
Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 4, Royals 5.