Gene Garber received a winning reward for great relief pitching when the Royals scored in the 14th inning to defeat the Athletics, 5-4. for their fourth straight victory. Garber pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings on a yield of only two hits. In the 14th, Freddie Patek singled, Amos Otis walked and, with two out, Hal McRae decided the game with a single. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Tuesday, April     17, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
A's          0  0  1    1  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   4 11  1
Royals       0  0  1    0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   5 11  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   0   1   1     1   0   .154      Patek ss              7   1   2   0     0   0   .333
North dh              6   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Rojas 2b              6   1   2   2     0   1   .364
Rudi lf               6   1   1   0     0   2   .147      Otis cf               5   0   2   2     1   1   .311
Jackson rf            6   1   3   0     0   1   .394      Mayberry 1b           5   0   1   0     2   1   .263
Bando 3b              5   0   3   1     1   0   .250      McRae rf              5   0   1   1     0   0   .182
Tenace 1b,c           5   1   1   1     1   1   .241      Piniella lf           5   0   1   0     1   0   .216
Conigliaro cf         2   0   0   1     0   0   .259      Schaal 3b             6   1   2   0     0   3   .314
  Marquez ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .444      Healy dh              2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Mangual cf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .231        Bevacqua ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Fosse c               1   1   1   0     0   0   .276        Kirkpatrick ph,dh   3   0   0   0     0   0   .235
  Hegan 1b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .167      Taylor c              1   2   0   0     2   0   .250
Kubiak 2b             6   0   0   0     0   0   .240        Hovley ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        May c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Simpson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               50   4  11   4     3   4             Totals               49   5  11   5     6   9

Time of Game: 3:52   Attendance: 22,119
Left on Base: A's 8, Royals 13
DP: A's 1, Royals 2
Errors: Rudi
Doubles: Fosse (1), Rudi (1), Jackson (2), Tenace (2), Bando (2), Piniella (2), Rojas 2 (7)
Stolen Bases: North (3)
Caught Stealing: McRae (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Conigliaro (1), Otis (1)
GIDP: Tenace 2 (3), Piniella (2)
Hit by Pitch: Rojas (1,by Blue), McRae 2 (3,by Blue,by Fingers)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue                    6.2   8   4   4   3   4   0  31   3.45
Fingers                 5.1   1   0   0   2   4   0  20   2.89
Pina L(0-1)             1.2   2   1   1   1   1   0   8   3.86
Totals                 13.2  11   5   5   6   9   0  59

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Simpson                 7.2   9   4   4   1   1   0  32   4.56
Garber W(2-0)           6.1   2   0   0   2   3   0  22   1.50
Totals                 14    11   4   4   3   4   0  54

Hit by Pitch: Blue 2 (2), Fingers (2)
Wild Pitches: Simpson (2)
Balks: Blue (1)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Marty Springstead


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); North
grounded out (second to first); Rudi lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied to center; Rojas was hit by a pitch;
Blue balked [Rojas to second]; Otis grounded out (second to
first) [Rojas to third]; Mayberry grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Bando
walked; Tenace grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Bando out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae was hit by a pitch; McRae was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Piniella
doubled; Schaal struck out; Healy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Conigliaro grounded out (second to first); Fosse
doubled; Kubiak grounded out (second to first) [Fosse to third];
Campaneris singled [Fosse scored]; North grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Taylor walked; Ray Fosse ejected by HP umpire Ron
Luciano; HEGAN REPLACED FOSSE (PLAYING 1B); TENACE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Patek flied to center; Rojas doubled
[Taylor to third]; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to center [Taylor
scored, Rojas to third]; Mayberry flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi doubled; Jackson popped to shortstop; Bando
singled [Rudi to third]; Tenace grounded out (second to first)
[Rudi scored, Bando to second]; Conigliaro grounded out (pitcher
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae flied to center; Piniella flied to center;
Schaal singled; Healy struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Hegan lined to first; Kubiak grounded out (second
to first); Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Taylor flied to right; Patek singled to left [Patek
to second (error by Rudi)]; Rojas flied to center; Otis grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: North grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi
grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson doubled; Bando
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry walked; McRae popped to second; Piniella
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Mayberry out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace doubled; Simpson threw a wild pitch
[Tenace to third]; Conigliaro hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Tenace scored]; Hegan singled; Kubiak grounded out (first
unassisted) [Hegan to second]; Campaneris popped to shortstop; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Schaal singled; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR HEALY; Bevacqua
was called out on strikes; Taylor walked [Schaal to second];
Patek flied to center [Schaal to third, Taylor to second]; Rojas
doubled [Schaal scored, Taylor scored]; Otis singled [Rojas
scored]; Mayberry singled [Otis to third]; FINGERS REPLACED BLUE
(PITCHING); McRae popped to shortstop; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); North flied
to center; Rudi struck out; Jackson singled; Bando doubled
[Jackson scored]; GARBER REPLACED SIMPSON (PITCHING); Tenace was
walked intentionally; MARQUEZ BATTED FOR CONIGLIARO; Marquez
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: MANGUAL REPLACED MARQUEZ (PLAYING CF); Piniella
grounded out (third to first); Schaal was called out on strikes;
KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR BEVACQUA; Kirkpatrick lined to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: KIRKPATRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Hegan
flied to left; Kubiak flied to center; Campaneris grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 9TH: HOVLEY BATTED FOR TAYLOR; Hovley popped to second;
Patek popped to first in foul territory; Rojas struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 10TH: MAY REPLACED HOVLEY (PLAYING C ); North grounded
out (third to first); Rudi struck out; Jackson singled; Bando
popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 10TH: Otis struck out; Mayberry grounded out (second to
first); McRae was hit by a pitch; Piniella walked [McRae to
second]; Schaal struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 11TH: Tenace was called out on strikes; Mangual flied
to right; Hegan lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 11TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); May
popped to second; Patek grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 12TH: Kubiak lined to pitcher; Campaneris walked;
North forced Campaneris (pitcher to shortstop); North stole
second; Rudi lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 12TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis
singled; Mayberry walked [Otis to second]; McRae flied to
center; Piniella flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 4, Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 13TH: Jackson struck out; Bando singled; Tenace
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Bando out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 13TH: PINA REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Schaal lined to
left; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); May grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 14TH: Mangual grounded out (second to first); Hegan
popped to shortstop; Kubiak grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 14TH: Patek singled; Rojas popped to first in foul
territory; Otis walked [Patek to second]; Mayberry struck out;
McRae singled [Patek scored, Otis to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 5.