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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 4Game Played on Tuesday, April 17, 1973 (Night game) at Royals StadiumA'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. |
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