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The Royals accounted for all their runs with three homers off Vida Blue in the sixth inning to defeat the Athletics, 5-2. Paul Schaal opened the bombardment. After two out, Kurt Bevacqua doubled, John Mayberry walked and Amos Otis and Lou Piniella homered in succession. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 5, Oakland Athletics 2Game Played on Saturday, May 19, 1973 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumRoyals 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 - 5 8 2
A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 5 0
Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Patek ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 .304
Bevacqua 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .241 Rudi lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .237
Floyd 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Tenace 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .263
Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .265 Jackson rf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .310
Otis cf 4 1 1 3 0 0 .304 Johnson dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .245
Piniella lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .242 Bando 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .244
Wohlford dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Fosse c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .288
McRae rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .165 Green 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .218
Hovley ph,rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .265 Hegan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214
Schaal 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .276 Kubiak 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289
Healy c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .275 Mangual cf 2 0 0 1 0 1 .174
Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blue p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 33 5 8 5 2 2 Totals 31 2 5 2 2 8
Time of Game: 2:07 Attendance: 27,912
Left on Base: Royals 3, A's 5
DP: Royals 1, A's 2
Errors: Patek 2
Doubles: Bevacqua (1), Schaal (5)
Home Runs: Schaal (2), Otis (7), Piniella (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Mangual (1)
GIDP: Schaal (5)
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Drago W(4-3) 8.1 5 2 1 2 7 0 32 4.67
Bird SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.00
Totals 9 5 2 1 2 8 0 34
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Blue L(3-2) 5.2 5 5 5 2 0 3 23 4.50
Fingers 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 1.55
Knowles 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.00
Lindblad 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 9.45
Totals 9 8 5 5 2 2 3 35
Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Don Denkinger
ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); Bevacqua
walked; Mayberry hit into a double play (first to shortstop)
[Bevacqua out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0,
Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace flied to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Otis lined to left; Piniella flied to right;
Wohlford grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Johnson grounded out (third to first); Bando grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics
0.
ROYALS 3RD: McRae popped to second; Schaal flied to center;
Healy singled to shortstop; Patek flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Fosse grounded out (second to first); Green flied
to right; Mangual struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0,
Athletics 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Bevacqua flied to center; Mayberry grounded out
(second to first); Otis flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Campaneris walked; Rudi lined into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Campaneris out at first]; Tenace was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0,
Athletics 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Piniella lined to third; Wohlford grounded out
(shortstop to first); McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Jackson singled; Johnson flied to right [Jackson
to second]; Bando flied to center; Fosse lined to second; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0.
ROYALS 6TH: Schaal homered; Healy grounded out (shortstop to
first); Patek flied to right in foul territory; Bevacqua
doubled; Mayberry walked; Otis homered [Bevacqua scored,
Mayberry scored]; Piniella homered; FINGERS REPLACED BLUE
(PITCHING); Wohlford was called out on strikes; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Green was called out on strikes; Mangual grounded
out (third to first); Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 0.
ROYALS 7TH: HOVLEY BATTED FOR MCRAE; Hovley flied to right;
Schaal doubled; Healy struck out; Patek flied to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 7TH: HOVLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rudi flied to
right; Tenace struck out; Jackson singled; Johnson reached on an
error by Patek [Jackson to second]; Bando grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics
0.
ROYALS 8TH: KNOWLES REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Bevacqua
grounded out (pitcher to first); Mayberry singled; Otis flied to
left; Piniella lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5,
Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 8TH: FLOYD REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING 2B); Fosse
singled to shortstop [Fosse to second (error by Patek)]; HEGAN
BATTED FOR GREEN; Hegan grounded out (second to first) [Fosse to
third]; Mangual hit a sacrifice fly to center [Fosse scored
(unearned)]; Campaneris was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 1.
ROYALS 9TH: KUBIAK REPLACED HEGAN (PLAYING 2B); LINDBLAD
REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to
first); Hovley singled; Schaal grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Hovley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 9TH: Rudi walked; Tenace struck out; Jackson singled
[Rudi to second]; Johnson singled [Rudi scored, Jackson to
second]; BIRD REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Bando struck out; Fosse
forced Johnson (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals
5, Athletics 2.
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