The Royals, who hit three homers in one inning to win the previous day's game, came back with two more circuit clouts to beat the Athletics again, 8-2. Amos Otis homered with two men on base in the third inning and John Mayberry connected with one aboard in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 8, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Sunday, May       20, 1973 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Royals       0  2  3    0  0  1    2  0  0  -   8 16  2
A's          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   2  8  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hovley rf             5   0   2   0     0   1   .278      Campaneris ss         3   0   1   0     1   0   .305
Bevacqua 2b           3   2   1   0     1   0   .250        Maxvill ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Floyd 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .133        Hosley ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .500
Mayberry 1b           5   2   2   2     0   0   .270      Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Otis cf               4   1   3   3     1   0   .315        Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Kirkpatrick lf        5   1   2   0     0   1   .348      Tenace 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .265
Piniella dh           5   2   2   0     0   0   .248        Hegan 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Schaal 3b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .275      Jackson rf            4   0   1   0     0   2   .308
Patek ss              3   0   2   1     0   0   .228        Marquez rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .316
Healy c               3   0   1   1     1   1   .279      Johnson dh            4   0   1   0     0   0   .245
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .244
                                                          Fosse c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .294
                                                          Green 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .213
                                                            McKinney ph,2b,lf   2   1   1   1     0   0   .182
                                                          Mangual cf            4   0   0   1     0   1   .164
                                                          Odom p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gardner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   8  16   8     3   3             Totals               35   2   8   2     2   4

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance:  8,249
Left on Base: Royals 7, A's 8
DP: Royals 1, A's 5
Errors: Mayberry, Schaal, Campaneris
Doubles: Patek (6), Bando (4), Fosse (6), Johnson (2)
Home Runs: Otis (8), Mayberry (11), McKinney (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (2)
GIDP: Hovley (2), Bevacqua (1), Floyd (2), Piniella (6), McKinney (3)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(7-2)       9     8   2   2   2   4   1  37   2.50
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   4   1  37

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom L(1-7)             2     7   5   5   1   1   1  13   6.66
Gardner                 4     7   3   3   1   1   1  18   5.14
Lindblad                2     2   0   0   0   0   0   8   8.22
Pina                    1     0   0   0   1   1   0   3   2.73
Totals                  9    16   8   8   3   3   2  42

Wild Pitches: Lindblad (3)
Balks: Odom (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Merle Anthony


ROYALS 1ST: Hovley singled; Odom balked [Hovley to second];
Bevacqua flied out to center; Mayberry grounded out (first
unassisted) [Hovley to third]; Otis popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris lined to right; Rudi flied to right;
Tenace flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Athletics 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick singled to shortstop; Piniella singled
[Kirkpatrick to second]; Schaal singled [Kirkpatrick scored,
Piniella to third]; Patek singled [Piniella scored, Schaal to
second]; Healy was called out on strikes; Hovley grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Patek out at second]; 2 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson was called out on strikes; Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando doubled; Fosse flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Bevacqua walked; Mayberry singled [Bevacqua to
second]; Otis homered [Bevacqua scored, Mayberry scored];
GARDNER REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick grounded out
(second to first); Piniella lined to right; Schaal flied to
left; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Green flied to right; Mangual grounded out
(second to first); Campaneris singled; Rudi flied to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek doubled; Healy walked; Hovley struck out;
Bevacqua grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Healy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace singled; Jackson struck out; Mayberry
dropped a foul fly hit by Johnson for an error; Johnson popped
to third in foul territory; Bando forced Tenace (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Mayberry popped to shortstop; Otis singled;
Kirkpatrick lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Otis
out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Fosse doubled; Green grounded out (first
unassisted) [Fosse to third]; Mangual grounded out (second to
first) [Fosse scored]; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Piniella singled; Schaal flied to left; Patek out on
a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Piniella to second]; Healy
singled [Piniella scored]; Hovley flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace
popped to shortstop; Jackson singled; Johnson doubled [Jackson
to third]; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 6, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Bevacqua singled; Mayberry homered [Bevacqua
scored]; Otis singled; LINDBLAD REPLACED GARDNER (PITCHING);
Kirkpatrick singled [Otis to third]; Lindblad threw a wild pitch
[Kirkpatrick to second]; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to
first); Schaal grounded out (third to first); Patek popped to
third in foul territory; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 8,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: FLOYD REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING 2B); Fosse
singled; MCKINNEY BATTED FOR GREEN; McKinney grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Fosse out at
second]; Mangual was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 8, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 8TH: MCKINNEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Healy reached
on an error by Campaneris; Hovley singled [Healy to second];
Floyd grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Healy to third, Hovley out at second]; Mayberry grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 8, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris walked; Rudi flied to right; Tenace
walked [Campaneris to second]; Jackson lined to center; Johnson
reached on an error by Schaal [Campaneris to third, Tenace to
second]; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
3 LOB.  Royals 8, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 9TH: MAXVILL REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); KUBIAK
REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING 2B); HEGAN REPLACED TENACE (PLAYING 1B);
MARQUEZ REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); MCKINNEY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); PINA REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Otis
walked; Kirkpatrick struck out; Piniella grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Otis out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 8, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Fosse flied to center; McKinney homered; Mangual
flied to right; HOSLEY BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Hosley was called out
on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 8, Athletics 2.