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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 0Game Played on Wednesday, August 2, 1972 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumRoyals 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. |
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