Joe Rudi rapped a homer, double and single and Catfish Hunter hurled a five-hitter as the Athletics defeated the Royals, 5-0. Rudi doubled and scored in the fourth inning, batted in a run with a single in the fifth and added a homer in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Wednesday, August    2, 1972 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1
A's          0  0  0    1  1  1    2  0  x  -   5 10  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .282      Campaneris ss         5   0   1   0     0   1   .242
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .300      Rudi lf               5   2   3   2     0   0   .315
Scheinblum rf,lf      4   0   2   0     0   0   .313      Jackson cf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Kirkpatrick c         1   0   1   0     0   0   .295        Voss cf             2   1   1   0     0   0   .196
  May c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .204      Epstein 1b            1   0   0   1     2   0   .279
Piniella lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .314      Bando 3b              0   0   0   0     0   0   .254
  Hovley rf           2   0   0   0     0   1   .259        Cullen pr,3b        3   0   1   0     0   2   .232
Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .278      Duncan c              4   1   2   1     0   0   .243
Schaal 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .213      Mangual rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Patek ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Kubiak 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .208
  Keough ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .163      Hunter p              4   1   2   1     0   2   .174
Drago p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .042
  Hedlund p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .240
  Hopkins ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .189

Totals               30   0   5   0     1   5             Totals               34   5  10   5     2   6

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance:  4,664
Left on Base: Royals 4, A's 9
DP: Royals 0, A's 2
Errors: Hovley
Doubles: Rudi (24), Duncan (9)
Triples: Voss (1)
Home Runs: Rudi (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Epstein (3)
GIDP: Scheinblum (9), May (3)
Hit by Pitch: Bando (7,by Drago)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago L(7-13)           6.1  10   5   4   2   4   1  33   2.93
Hedlund                 1.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   5   3.99
Totals                  8    10   5   4   2   6   1  38

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(14-4)          9     5   0   0   1   5   0  31   2.00
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   5   0  31

Hit by Pitch: Drago (4)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Hank Morgenweck


ROYALS 1ST: Rojas walked; Otis made an out to shortstop;
Scheinblum grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Rojas out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick singled to second; Piniella made an out
to second; Mayberry struck out; Schaal made an out to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: HOVLEY REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING RF); SCHEINBLUM
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Epstein lined to first; Bando
was hit by a pitch; Sal Bando hit on the leg; he and Ed
Kirkpatrick exchanged words then started fighting; both benches
clear; Bando and Kirkpatrick ejected by HP umpire Marty
Springstead; CULLEN RAN FOR BANDO; MAY REPLACED KIRKPATRICK
(PLAYING C ); Duncan grounded out (third to first) [Cullen to
second]; Mangual grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 3RD: CULLEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Patek grounded
out (third to first); Drago struck out; Rojas flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Kubiak grounded out (second to first); Hunter
struck out; Campaneris flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis flied out to right; Scheinblum singled to
third; May grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Scheinblum out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi doubled to right; Jackson grounded out
(first unassisted) [Rudi to third]; Epstein walked; Cullen was
called out on strikes; Duncan doubled to left [Epstein to third,
Rudi scored]; Mangual flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 5TH: VOSS REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING CF); Hovley lined to
left; Mayberry popped to third in foul territory; Schaal struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Kubiak struck out; Hunter singled to second;
Campaneris singled [Hunter to second]; Rudi singled to right
[Campaneris to third, Hunter scored]; Voss reached on a
fielder's choice [Voss to second (on throw), Campaneris out at
home (pitcher to third), Rudi to third]; Epstein was walked
intentionally; Cullen struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals
0, Athletics 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek flied out to center; Drago grounded out
(second to first); Rojas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Duncan reached on an error by Hovley [Duncan to
second]; Mangual grounded out (second to first) [Duncan to
third]; Kubiak made an out to second; Hunter singled to right
[Duncan scored (unearned)]; Campaneris popped to first in foul
territory; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Scheinblum
flied out to left; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Rudi homered; Voss tripled to left; Epstein hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Voss scored]; Cullen singled; Duncan
singled to left [Cullen to third]; HEDLUND REPLACED DRAGO
(PITCHING); Mangual reached on a fielder's choice [Cullen out at
home (right to catcher), Duncan to second]; Kubiak grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Hovley struck out; Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to
first); Schaal made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Hunter struck out; Campaneris was called out on
strikes; Rudi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Athletics 5.

ROYALS 9TH: KEOUGH BATTED FOR PATEK; Keough popped to third in
foul territory; HOPKINS BATTED FOR HEDLUND; Hopkins singled to
center; Rojas flied out to center; Otis singled to left [Hopkins
to second]; Scheinblum singled to right [Otis to second, Hopkins
to third]; May flied out to left; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals
0, Athletics 5.