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Sunday June 27, 1971
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Kansas City Royals 6, Oakland Athletics 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, June 27, 1971 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Royals       0  0  0    3  2  0    0  1  0  -   6 10  1
A's          0  1  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  9  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Schaal 3b             5   1   1   1     0   3   .289      Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     1   1   .257
Rojas ss              4   0   0   0     1   0   .316      Rudi lf               5   0   1   0     0   1   .256
Otis cf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .305      Jackson rf            5   0   2   0     0   0   .280
Kirkpatrick c         4   1   2   0     1   0   .254      Epstein 1b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .287
Hopkins 1b            2   1   1   0     0   0   .258      Davis 3b,2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .317
  Harrison ph,1b      2   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Mangual cf            4   1   3   0     0   0   .308
Piniella lf           3   2   2   2     1   0   .253      Duncan c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .230
Keough rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .222      Brown 2b              2   1   1   2     1   0   .207
Knoop 2b              3   0   1   2     0   1   .238        Blefary ph,3b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Butler p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Segui p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .095
  Oliver ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .236        Tenace ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .170
  Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Klimkowski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Roland p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hegan ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .222
                                                            Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Monday ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .224

Totals               36   6  10   5     3   7             Totals               37   3   9   3     2   7

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 33,477
Left on Base: Royals 7, A's 9
DP: Royals 0, A's 1
Errors: Butler, Duncan, Locker
Doubles: Piniella (7)
Triples: Piniella (2)
Home Runs: Schaal (5), Epstein (11), Brown (1)
Stolen Bases: Otis 2 (23)
Sacrifice Hits: Knoop (1)
GIDP: Keough (5)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Butler W(1-0)           7     9   3   3   1   6   2  32   3.86
Abernathy SV(14)        2     0   0   0   1   1   0   7   2.29
Totals                  9     9   3   3   2   7   2  39

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Segui L(4-3)            4     5   3   3   2   5   0  18   3.32
Klimkowski              0.1   2   2   2   1   0   1   4   5.32
Roland                  1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.81
Locker                  3     2   1   1   0   1   0  12   4.01
Totals                  9    10   6   6   3   7   1  40

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Larry Barnett


ROYALS 1ST: Schaal struck out; Rojas walked; Otis singled to
left [Rojas to second]; Kirkpatrick flied out to left; Hopkins
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris struck out; Rudi flied out to center;
Jackson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Athletics 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella walked; Keough grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Piniella out at second]; Knoop
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein homered; Davis made an out to first;
Mangual singled to shortstop; Duncan made an out to first; Brown
walked [Mangual to second]; Segui struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Butler struck out; Schaal struck out; Rojas grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris flied out to left; Rudi struck out;
Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis popped to first in foul territory; Kirkpatrick
singled to right; Hopkins singled [Kirkpatrick to third];
Piniella doubled to left [Hopkins scored, Kirkpatrick scored];
Keough singled to center [Piniella to third]; Knoop forced
Keough (right to shortstop) [Piniella scored]; Butler struck
out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Epstein reached on an error by Butler; Davis
singled to center [Epstein to second]; On a bunt Mangual singled
to pitcher [Davis to second, Epstein to third]; Duncan flied out
to left; Brown lined to third; TENACE BATTED FOR SEGUI; Tenace
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 3,
Athletics 1.

ROYALS 5TH: KLIMKOWSKI REPLACED TENACE (PITCHING); Schaal
homered; Rojas grounded out (third to first); Otis singled to
left; Otis stole second; Otis stole third [Otis scored (error by
Duncan)]; Kirkpatrick walked; ROLAND REPLACED KLIMKOWSKI
(PITCHING); HARRISON BATTED FOR HOPKINS; Harrison flied out to
right; Piniella grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: HARRISON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); On a bunt
Campaneris made an out to first; Rudi singled to left; Jackson
singled to right [Rudi to third]; Epstein flied out to right;
Davis flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5,
Athletics 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Keough struck out; Knoop singled to center; On a
bunt Butler forced Knoop (third to shortstop); Schaal grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Mangual singled to center; Duncan struck out;
Brown homered [Mangual scored]; HEGAN BATTED FOR ROLAND; Hegan
struck out; On a bunt Campaneris grounded out (first to second);
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 3.

ROYALS 7TH: LOCKER REPLACED HEGAN (PITCHING); Rojas grounded out
(pitcher to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kirkpatrick singled to center; Harrison forced Kirkpatrick
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Rudi grounded out (first unassisted); Jackson
singled to left; Epstein made an out to shortstop; Davis
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
5, Athletics 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Piniella tripled to right; Keough grounded out
(third to first); Knoop reached on an error by Locker on a
sacrifice bunt [Piniella scored (RBI), Knoop to second]; OLIVER
BATTED FOR BUTLER; Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first) [Knoop
to third]; Schaal struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED OLIVER (PITCHING); Mangual
grounded out (pitcher to first); Duncan grounded out (first
unassisted); BLEFARY BATTED FOR BROWN; Blefary struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Athletics 3.

ROYALS 9TH: BLEFARY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DAVIS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Rojas lined to center; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: MONDAY BATTED FOR LOCKER; Monday popped to third
in foul territory; Campaneris walked; Rudi popped to catcher in
foul territory; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Athletics 3.



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