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Making his A. L. debut, Wayne Simpson got 13-hit support from the Royals and breezed to a 12-5 victory over the Angels. Cookie Rojas drove in four of the Royals' runs with a pair of doubles and an infield out. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 12, California Angels 5Game Played on Saturday, April 7, 1973 (Night game) at Anaheim StadiumRoyals 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 4 0 - 12 13 2
Angels 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 - 5 8 2
Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Patek ss 3 3 1 0 1 0 .429 Grabarkewitz 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .143
Rojas 2b 5 1 2 4 0 0 .500 Valentine ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .250
Otis cf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .125 Pinson rf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .375
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 2 1 2 .143 Howard lf 4 2 1 0 1 0 .250
McRae rf 5 0 1 2 0 0 .111 McCraw dh 3 0 1 1 1 0 .286
Hovley pr,rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Spencer 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Piniella lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Berry cf 4 1 2 3 0 1 .333
Marshall lf 1 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 Stephenson c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .125
Schaal 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .286 Alomar 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .286
May c 5 1 1 0 0 0 .143 Oliver ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bevacqua dh 4 3 2 1 1 0 .500 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Simpson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Barber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Wilshusen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 40 12 13 12 4 3 Totals 35 5 8 4 5 3
Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 17,151
Left on Base: Royals 6, Angels 8
DP: Royals 2, Angels 1
Errors: Patek, Rojas, Grabarkewitz, Valentine
Doubles: Rojas 2 (2), McRae (1), Pinson (1)
Triples: Patek (1)
Stolen Bases: Piniella (1), Alomar 2 (3), Grabarkewitz (1)
GIDP: May (1), Spencer (1)
Hit by Pitch: Patek (1,by Wilshusen)
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Simpson W(1-0) 9 8 5 4 5 3 0 40 4.00
Totals 9 8 5 4 5 3 0 40
Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Wright L(0-1) 3.2 7 5 4 1 0 0 20 9.82
Allen 2.1 4 3 3 1 2 0 12 11.57
Barber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
Wilshusen 0.1 0 3 3 2 0 0 4 81.00
Perranoski 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 6 5.40
Totals 9 13 12 11 4 3 0 45
Passed Balls: Stephenson 2 (3)
Hit by Pitch: Wilshusen (1)
Wild Pitches: Simpson (1), Allen (1)
Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Jim Honochick
ROYALS 1ST: Patek tripled to right; Rojas grounded out (second
to first) [Patek scored]; Otis flied out to right; Mayberry
walked; McRae lined to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1,
Angels 0.
ANGELS 1ST: Grabarkewitz struck out; Valentine grounded out
(second to first); Pinson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Piniella popped to shortstop; Schaal flied out to
center; May grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Angels 0.
ANGELS 2ND: Howard grounded out (pitcher to first); McCraw
popped to first; Spencer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 1, Angels 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Bevacqua singled to third; Patek grounded out (third
to first) [Bevacqua to second]; Rojas reached on an error by
Valentine [Bevacqua to third]; Otis singled to right [Bevacqua
stayed at third, Rojas to second]; Mayberry forced Otis (second
to shortstop) [Bevacqua scored (unearned), Rojas to third];
McRae grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB. Royals 2, Angels 0.
ANGELS 3RD: Berry struck out; Stephenson singled to right;
Alomar forced Stephenson (pitcher to shortstop); Alomar stole
second; Grabarkewitz walked; Valentine forced Grabarkewitz
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Angels 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal
singled to left; May singled to right [Schaal to third];
Bevacqua singled to right [Schaal scored, May to second]; Patek
popped to second; Rojas doubled to left [May scored, Bevacqua
scored]; ALLEN REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Allen threw a wild
pitch [Rojas to third]; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first);
3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Angels 0.
ANGELS 4TH: Pinson walked; Howard walked [Pinson to second];
McCraw singled to center [Pinson scored, Howard to second];
Spencer forced McCraw (first to shortstop) [Howard to third];
Berry reached on an error by Rojas [Howard scored (unearned),
Spencer to third]; Stephenson hit into a double play (center to
catcher) [Spencer out at home]; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 5, Angels 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Mayberry struck out; McRae flied out to right;
Piniella singled to center; Piniella stole second; Schaal
singled to right [Piniella scored, Schaal to second (on throw)];
May popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Angels
2.
ANGELS 5TH: Alomar singled to right; Alomar stole second;
Grabarkewitz struck out; Valentine grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Alomar to third]; Pinson grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Angels 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Bevacqua flied out to left; Patek walked; Rojas
doubled to center [Patek scored]; Otis struck out; Mayberry
singled to right [Rojas scored]; Stephenson allowed a passed
ball [Mayberry to second]; McRae flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, Angels 2.
ANGELS 6TH: Howard popped to shortstop; McCraw walked; Spencer
grounded into a double play (third to shortstop to first)
[McCraw out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Angels
2.
ROYALS 7TH: BARBER REPLACED ALLEN (PITCHING); Piniella grounded
out (third to first); Schaal grounded out (third to first); May
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8,
Angels 2.
ANGELS 7TH: MARSHALL REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING LF); Berry
singled to right; Debut game for Keith Marshall;
Stephenson grounded out (first to pitcher) [Berry to second];
Alomar flied out to left; Grabarkewitz reached on an error by
Patek [Berry to third]; Grabarkewitz stole second; Simpson threw
a wild pitch [Berry scored, Grabarkewitz to third]; Valentine
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, Angels 3.
ROYALS 8TH: WILSHUSEN REPLACED BARBER (PITCHING); Bevacqua
walked; Debut game for Terry Wilshusen; Patek was hit by
a pitch [Bevacqua to second]; Stephenson allowed a passed ball
[Bevacqua to third, Patek to second]; Rojas popped to catcher in
foul territory; Otis walked; PERRANOSKI REPLACED WILSHUSEN
(PITCHING); Mayberry struck out; McRae doubled to left [Bevacqua
scored, Patek scored, Otis to third]; HOVLEY RAN FOR MCRAE;
Marshall singled to right [Otis scored, Hovley scored, Marshall
out at second (right to catcher to shortstop to second to
center)]; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 12, Angels 3.
ANGELS 8TH: HOVLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Pinson singled
to right; Howard singled to center [Pinson to second]; McCraw
flied out to center; Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Pinson to third, Howard to second]; Berry singled to right
[Pinson scored, Howard scored]; Stephenson popped to third in
foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 12, Angels 5.
ROYALS 9TH: Schaal reached on an error by Grabarkewitz; May
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Schaal
out at second]; Bevacqua grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 12, Angels 5.
ANGELS 9TH: OLIVER BATTED FOR ALOMAR; Oliver grounded out
(shortstop to first); Grabarkewitz grounded out (shortstop to
first); Valentine walked; Pinson doubled [Valentine to third];
Howard popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 12,
Angels 5.
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