Oakland Athletics 2, Kansas City Royals 1 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, September 24, 1972 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Royals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 1 A's 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .243 Wohlford 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .316 Rudi lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .310 Otis cf 3 1 3 0 1 0 .296 Alou rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .307 Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .293 Jackson cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .264 Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .306 Epstein 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .274 Taylor c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .289 Tenace c 1 1 0 0 3 1 .215 Hovley rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Bando 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Floyd ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .169 Maxvill 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Murphy p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Mincher ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .219 Angelini p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kubiak 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .201 Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marquez ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Lewis pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Cullen 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Hamilton p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Fingers p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Totals 32 1 8 0 1 4 Totals 29 2 6 1 4 7 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 9,881 Left on Base: Royals 6, A's 6 DP: Royals 0, A's 1 Errors: Hovley Doubles: Otis 2 (25), Mincher (11), Campaneris (25) Stolen Bases: Alou (1), Jackson 2 (9) Sacrifice Hits: Murphy (4) GIDP: Mayberry (12) Hit by Pitch: Marquez (1,by Murphy) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Murphy L(4-3) 8.1 6 2 1 2 7 0 31 3.25 Angelini 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2.25 Abernathy 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.72 Totals 8.2 6 2 1 4 7 0 34 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hamilton 7 7 1 1 0 4 0 28 3.05 Fingers W(10-8) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 2.52 Totals 9 8 1 1 1 4 0 34 Hit by Pitch: Murphy (6) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Red Flaherty ROYALS 1ST: Schaal flied out to center; Wohlford struck out; Otis singled to second; Mayberry was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou singled to center; Alou stole second; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ROYALS 2ND: Piniella grounded out (pitcher to first); Taylor singled to third; Hovley made an out to shortstop; Floyd made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein flied out to center; Tenace walked; Bando singled to center [Tenace to second]; MINCHER BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Mincher doubled to left [Tenace scored, Bando out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; Hamilton flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ROYALS 3RD: KUBIAK REPLACED MINCHER (PLAYING 2B); Murphy was called out on strikes; Schaal flied out to right; Wohlford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris doubled to left; Campaneris was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); Rudi grounded out (second to first); Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ROYALS 4TH: Otis doubled to right; Mayberry singled to shortstop [Otis scored (no RBI)]; John Mayberry hit the ball to deep SS; Amos Otis advanced to 3B; SS Bert Campaneris got his glove on the ball but it skipped past him enough to allow Otis to score; Piniella struck out; Taylor singled to second [Mayberry to second]; Hovley flied out to center; Floyd popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Epstein was called out on strikes; Tenace was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 1. ROYALS 5TH: Murphy lined to left; Schaal lined to second; Wohlford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando flied out to center; Kubiak grounded out (shortstop to first); Hamilton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 1. ROYALS 6TH: Otis doubled to left; Mayberry popped to catcher in foul territory; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi was called out on strikes; Alou grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 1. ROYALS 7TH: On a bunt Hovley singled to second; Floyd popped to second in foul territory; Murphy out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hovley to second]; Schaal grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Jackson struck out; Epstein struck out; Tenace walked; Bando popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 1. ROYALS 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Wohlford singled to second; Wohlford was picked off first (catcher to first); Otis walked; Mayberry grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Otis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: MARQUEZ BATTED FOR KUBIAK; Marquez was hit by a pitch; LEWIS RAN FOR MARQUEZ; Fingers forced Lewis (pitcher to shortstop); Campaneris flied out to left; Rudi forced Fingers (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 1. ROYALS 9TH: CULLEN REPLACED LEWIS (PLAYING 2B); Piniella grounded out (second to first); Taylor grounded out (second to first); Hovley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: Alou singled to third; Jackson singled to right [Alou out at third (right to third)]; ANGELINI REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Jackson stole second; Jackson stole third; Epstein walked; Tenace was walked intentionally [Epstein to second]; ABERNATHY REPLACED ANGELINI (PITCHING); Bando flied out to right [Jackson scored (error by Hovley) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Reggie Jackson went back to tag up and Steve Hovley's throw went over Paul Schaal's head; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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