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In a game marked by a total of 34 hits, the Royals whacked their way past the Athletics, 16-8. The Royals collected 19 hits, including a homer, triple and two singles by Amos Otis, who drove in four runs. Ed Kirkpatrick and Paul Schaal each accounted for three RBIs as every player in the Royals' starting lineup joined in the attack with one or more hits. Gene Tenace had a two-run homer among the A's 15 hits. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 16, Oakland Athletics 8Game Played on Thursday, April 19, 1973 (Night game) at Royals StadiumA's 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 - 8 15 1 Royals 4 4 3 1 3 0 1 0 x - 16 19 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 4 1 3 1 0 1 .273 Patek ss 5 3 2 0 1 0 .333 Kubiak 3b 0 1 0 0 1 0 .231 Floyd ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mangual cf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .333 Rojas 2b 4 3 1 1 2 1 .365 North ph,cf 1 2 0 0 1 0 .226 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rudi lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Conigliaro lf 1 0 1 2 1 0 .286 Otis cf 5 3 4 4 1 0 .333 Jackson rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .359 Mayberry 1b 5 1 2 0 1 1 .267 Johnstone ph,rf 2 0 1 2 0 0 .500 Kirkpatrick rf 5 2 2 3 0 1 .269 Bando 3b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .273 Hovley rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Maxvill 3b,ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Piniella lf 4 2 3 2 0 0 .250 Tenace 1b 4 1 2 2 1 0 .306 Marshall lf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Fosse c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .286 Hopkins dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .444 Haney c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Bevacqua ph,dh,2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .154 McKinney dh 5 1 2 0 0 0 .286 Schaal 3b 5 1 3 3 1 0 .318 Green 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .190 Taylor c 3 0 1 2 2 0 .273 Odom p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 8 15 8 6 1 Totals 44 16 19 15 9 4 Time of Game: 3:10 Attendance: 17,441 Left on Base: A's 10, Royals 13 DP: A's 0, Royals 4 Errors: Bando, Schaal Doubles: Green (1), Conigliaro (1), Kirkpatrick (2), Patek 2 (4), Schaal 2 (2), Mayberry (2) Triples: Otis (1) Home Runs: Tenace (4), Otis (3) Stolen Bases: Piniella (2) GIDP: Rudi (1), McKinney 2 (2), Haney (1) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Odom L(0-3) 0.1 3 4 4 2 1 0 6 10.80 Lindblad 4 12 11 10 4 1 1 29 21.94 Knowles 3.2 4 1 1 3 2 0 18 2.70 Totals 8 19 16 15 9 4 1 53 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(3-0) 7 12 6 5 3 1 1 34 2.16 Wright 1 3 2 2 3 0 0 9 9.00 Garber SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.38 Totals 9 15 8 7 6 1 1 45 Wild Pitches: Lindblad (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Dave Phillips ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris was called out on strikes; Mangual lined to left; Rudi flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Rojas walked [Patek to second]; Otis tripled [Patek scored, Rojas scored]; Mayberry was called out on strikes; Kirkpatrick singled [Otis scored]; Piniella singled [Kirkpatrick to second]; LINDBLAD REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Hopkins flied to center; Schaal walked [Kirkpatrick to third, Piniella to second]; Taylor walked [Kirkpatrick scored, Piniella to third, Schaal to second]; Patek forced Taylor (shortstop to second); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 4. ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson reached on an error by Schaal; Bando forced Jackson (third to second); Tenace homered [Bando scored (unearned)]; Fosse flied to right; McKinney singled; Green grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 2ND: Rojas walked; Otis singled [Rojas to second]; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted) [Rojas to third, Otis to second]; Kirkpatrick doubled [Rojas scored, Otis scored]; Piniella singled [Kirkpatrick scored]; Piniella stole second; Hopkins grounded out (first unassisted) [Piniella to third]; Schaal singled [Piniella scored]; Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Royals 8. ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris singled; Mangual singled [Campaneris to second]; Rudi grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Campaneris to third, Mangual out at second]; Jackson walked; Bando singled [Campaneris scored, Jackson to second]; Tenace lined to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 8. ROYALS 3RD: Patek doubled; Rojas reached on an error by Bando [Patek scored (no RBI)]; Otis homered [Rojas scored (unearned)]; Mayberry walked; Kirkpatrick popped to second; Piniella lined to center; Hopkins flied to left; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 11. ATHLETICS 4TH: Fosse walked; McKinney grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Fosse out at second]; Green doubled; Campaneris singled [Green scored]; Mangual singled [Campaneris to third]; Rudi forced Mangual (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, Royals 11. ROYALS 4TH: Schaal doubled; Taylor singled [Schaal scored]; Patek forced Taylor (third to second); Rojas popped to first in foul territory; Otis flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Royals 12. ATHLETICS 5TH: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Bando singled; Tenace lined to center; Fosse grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Royals 12. ROYALS 5TH: CONIGLIARO REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING LF); MAXVILL REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING 3B); Mayberry doubled; Lindblad threw a wild pitch [Mayberry to third]; Kirkpatrick struck out; Piniella singled [Mayberry scored]; Hopkins singled [Piniella to second]; Schaal doubled [Piniella scored, Hopkins scored]; KNOWLES REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Taylor walked; Patek lined to right; Rojas was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, Royals 15. ATHLETICS 6TH: MARSHALL REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING LF); McKinney singled; Green flied to left; Campaneris singled [McKinney to second]; NORTH BATTED FOR MANGUAL; North forced Campaneris (third to second) [McKinney to third]; Conigliaro doubled [McKinney scored, North scored]; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR JACKSON; Johnstone popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 15. ROYALS 6TH: KUBIAK REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING 3B); NORTH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MAXVILL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); HANEY REPLACED FOSSE (PLAYING C ); Otis walked; Mayberry singled [Otis to third]; Kirkpatrick popped to first; Marshall was called out on strikes; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR HOPKINS; Bevacqua forced Mayberry (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 15. ATHLETICS 7TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace walked; Haney grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Tenace out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 15. ROYALS 7TH: Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); Taylor lined to shortstop; Patek doubled; Rojas singled [Patek scored]; Otis singled [Rojas to second]; Mayberry popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 16. ATHLETICS 8TH: WRIGHT REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); FLOYD REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING SS); HOVLEY REPLACED KIRKPATRICK (PLAYING RF); McKinney grounded out (pitcher to first); Green flied to center; Kubiak walked; North walked [Kubiak to second]; Conigliaro walked [Kubiak to third, North to second]; Johnstone singled [Kubiak scored, North scored, Conigliaro to third]; Maxvill flied out to left; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 8, Royals 16. ROYALS 8TH: Hovley grounded out (third to first); Marshall walked; Bevacqua flied to right; Schaal forced Marshall (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 8, Royals 16. ATHLETICS 9TH: WRIGHT REPLACED ROJAS (PITCHING); BEVACQUA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Tenace singled; Haney singled [Tenace to second]; GARBER REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); McKinney grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Tenace to third, Haney out at second]; Green lined to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 8, Royals 16. |
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