Vida Blue failed in a bid for his 20th victory, but the Athletics rallied to defeat the Royals, 7-5, before a Kansas City record crowd of 35,623. Blue gave up nine hits and trailed, 5-2, before going out for a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning. Three of the Royals' runs came on a homer by Bob Oliver.

The A's began their comeback with a two-run homer by Rick Monday in the seventh. Then, in the ninth, after Tommy Davis, Dick Green and Bert Campaneris hit singles to tie the score, Monday doubled to drive in the winning runs. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 7, Kansas City Royals 5
Game Played on Tuesday, August    3, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
A's          0  0  0    2  0  0    2  0  3  -   7 12  1
Royals       0  0  0    3  2  0    0  0  0  -   5 12  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   1   2   1     0   0   .248      Patek ss              4   1   1   0     0   1   .262
Monday cf             4   2   2   4     1   1   .242      Rojas 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .309
Jackson rf            4   1   2   0     1   1   .263        Knoop 2b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .213
Epstein 1b            2   0   1   1     1   0   .256      Otis cf               3   1   1   1     1   1   .313
  Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .196      Piniella lf           4   0   4   1     0   0   .273
  Hegan 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Harrison 1b           3   1   2   0     0   1   .210
Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .275        Burgmeier p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Tenace c              4   0   2   1     0   1   .323        Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Mangual lf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .317        Butler p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Schaal 3b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .262
  Davis ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .323      Paepke c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .231
  Odom pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .094        Keough ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .249
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Oliver rf,1b          4   1   1   3     0   0   .233
Green 2b              4   2   2   0     0   0   .252      Wright p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .059
Blue p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .108        York p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .154
  Hendrick lf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .279        Kirkpatrick rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .223
  Blefary ph,lf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .230

Totals               35   7  12   7     3   7             Totals               33   5  12   5     2   8

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance: 35,623
Left on Base: A's 5, Royals 3
DP: A's 3, Royals 1
Errors: Green
Doubles: Jackson (21), Monday (7), Piniella 2 (16), Otis (19)
Triples: Campaneris (2)
Home Runs: Monday (14), Oliver (5)
Stolen Bases: Otis (33)
Caught Stealing: Epstein (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Bando (4)
GIDP: Mangual (5), Oliver 2 (9)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue                    5     9   5   4   2   6   1  23   1.63
Locker W(4-1)           3     2   0   0   0   2   0   9   3.42
Fingers SV(13)          1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.67
Totals                  9    12   5   4   2   8   1  35

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright                  3.1   4   2   2   2   1   0  15   2.56
York                    3.1   4   2   2   1   4   1  14   2.92
Burgmeier L(4-6)        1.1   2   2   2   0   0   0   6   1.81
Abernathy               0.1   1   1   1   0   1   0   2   2.57
Butler                  0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   2   4.66
Totals                  9    12   7   7   3   7   1  39

Balks: Blue (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - John Rice


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to right; Monday grounded
out (pitcher to first); Jackson walked; Epstein flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek made an out to second; Rojas flied out to
left; Otis walked; Otis stole second; Piniella singled to center
[Otis to third]; Harrison struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando flied out to center; Tenace singled to
left; Mangual grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Tenace out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Schaal flied out to right; Paepke made an out to
shortstop; Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Green grounded out (pitcher to first); Blue
struck out; Campaneris lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Wright struck out; Patek struck out; Rojas singled
to center; Otis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Monday walked; Jackson singled [Monday to third];
Epstein singled [Monday scored, Jackson to second]; Bando out on
a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Jackson to third, Epstein to
second]; Tenace singled to left [Jackson scored, Epstein to
third]; YORK REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Mangual flied out to
center; Epstein was caught stealing home (catcher to shortstop
to catcher); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella doubled to left [Piniella out at third
(third to second)]; Harrison singled to left; Blue balked
[Harrison to second]; Schaal walked; Paepke flied out to left;
Oliver homered [Harrison scored, Schaal scored]; York struck
out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green flied out to center; Blue struck out;
Campaneris tripled to left; Monday struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek singled to pitcher [Patek to second (error by
Green)]; Rojas was called out on strikes; Otis doubled to right
[Patek scored (unearned)]; Piniella singled to center [Otis
scored, Piniella to second (on throw)]; Harrison singled to left
[Piniella out at home (left to catcher), Harrison out at second
(catcher to second)]; 2 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: KNOOP REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING 2B); Jackson
doubled to center; Cookie Rojas left with slight lower back
strain; Epstein walked; Bando made an out to third; Tenace
was called out on strikes; Mangual grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 5.

ROYALS 6TH: HENDRICK REPLACED BLUE (PLAYING LF); LOCKER REPLACED
MANGUAL (PITCHING); Schaal flied out to center; Paepke singled
to right; Oliver grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Paepke out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Green singled to right; Hendrick struck out;
Campaneris flied out to right; Monday homered [Green scored];
BURGMEIER REPLACED HARRISON (PITCHING); OLIVER CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 1B); KIRKPATRICK REPLACED YORK (PLAYING RF); Jackson
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
4, Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Kirkpatrick flied out to right; Patek lined to
right; Knoop struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: BROWN BATTED FOR EPSTEIN; Brown grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bando grounded out (shortstop to first);
Tenace grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: HEGAN REPLACED BROWN (PLAYING 1B); Otis grounded out
(pitcher to first); Piniella doubled to left [Piniella out at
third (second to third)]; Burgmeier was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: DAVIS BATTED FOR LOCKER; Davis singled to right;
ODOM RAN FOR DAVIS; Green singled [Odom to third]; ABERNATHY
REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); BLEFARY BATTED FOR HENDRICK;
Blefary struck out; Campaneris singled to right [Odom scored,
Green to third, Campaneris to second (on throw)]; BUTLER
REPLACED ABERNATHY (PITCHING); Monday doubled to right [Green
scored, Campaneris scored, Monday out at third (right to second
to third)]; Jackson was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 7, Royals 5.

ROYALS 9TH: BLEFARY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); FINGERS
REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Schaal singled to center; KEOUGH
BATTED FOR PAEPKE; Keough flied out to left; Oliver grounded
into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Schaal out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 7, Royals 5.