The Athletics, who were trailing, 6-1, after five innings, roared back to defeat the Royals, 11-6. Sal Bando hit two homers for the A's, starting with a drive in the first. The Royals then look the lead with the aid of a three-run double by Hal McRae and two-run homer by John Mayberry.

The A's started their comeback with four runs in the sixth. Bill North batted in one run with a triple and Deron Johnson homered with two men on base. Bando's second homer tied the score in the eighth. Reggie Jackson followed with a double and Mike Hegan drove him home with a single to put the A's ahead. Four more runs in the ninth clinched the outcome. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 11, Kansas City Royals 6
Game Played on Tuesday, June      19, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
A's          1  0  0    0  0  4    0  2  4  -  11 17  1
Royals       0  0  0    4  2  0    0  0  0  -   6  8  3


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         6   1   2   0     0   1   .288      White ss              5   1   2   0     0   1   .250
North cf              4   2   2   1     1   1   .292      Hovley rf             5   0   0   0     0   2   .230
Bando 3b              3   3   2   2     1   0   .255      Otis cf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .287
Jackson rf            5   2   2   1     0   0   .294      Mayberry 1b           4   2   2   2     0   1   .308
Johnson dh            4   1   1   3     0   0   .251      Kirkpatrick lf        2   1   0   0     2   1   .328
  Lewis pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rojas 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .264
  Mangual ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   1   .188      Schaal 3b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .284
Tenace 1b,c           4   1   2   0     0   0   .267      McRae dh              3   0   1   3     1   1   .158
Rudi lf               4   1   2   2     1   0   .236      Healy c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Fosse c               2   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hegan ph,1b         3   0   2   2     0   0   .211        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kubiak 2b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .288        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Angelini 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               41  11  17  11     3   3             Totals               35   6   8   6     3   6

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance: 23,934
Left on Base: A's 8, Royals 5
DP: A's 0, Royals 2
Errors: Jackson, White, Rojas, Schaal
Doubles: Jackson (13), Tenace (8), Rudi (12), Mayberry (9), McRae (5), Schaal (10)
Triples: North (1)
Home Runs: Bando 2 (14), Johnson (8), Mayberry (18)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (14), North (20)
Sacrifice Hits: Tenace (4), Bando (4)
GIDP: Bando (5), Kubiak (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter                  4.2   6   6   6   2   2   1  22   3.12
Lindblad                0.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   4   5.19
Pina W(5-2)             3.2   1   0   0   0   3   0  12   2.55
Totals                  9     8   6   6   3   6   1  38

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              5.1   7   5   5   2   1   2  23   2.89
Garber L(6-5)           3     6   4   4   1   1   1  17   3.63
Bird                    0.1   4   2   2   0   1   0   5   3.86
Angelini                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.91
Totals                  9    17  11  11   3   3   3  46

Wild Pitches: Garber (3)

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Lou DiMuro


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris was called out on strikes; North
grounded out (second to first); Bando homered; Jackson grounded
out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: White flied to center; Hovley was called out on
strikes; Otis lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Johnson flied to center; Tenace flied to center;
Rudi singled; Fosse grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted);
Kirkpatrick walked; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Kirkpatrick to second]; Schaal popped to shortstop in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Kubiak grounded out (shortstop to first);
Campaneris singled; Campaneris stole second [Campaneris to third
(error by White)]; North walked; Bando grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [North out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: McRae lined to center; Healy flied to center; White
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson flied to center; Johnson flied to right;
Tenace popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Hovley lined to center; Otis singled; Mayberry
doubled [Otis to third]; Kirkpatrick was walked intentionally;
Rojas popped to first in foul territory; Schaal singled [Otis
scored, Mayberry to third, Kirkpatrick to second]; McRae doubled
to right [Mayberry scored, Kirkpatrick scored, Schaal scored,
McRae to third (error by Jackson)]; Healy grounded out (third to
first); 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Rudi flied to right; Fosse singled; Kubiak
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Fosse out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: On a bunt White singled; Hovley lined to center;
Otis flied to right; Mayberry homered [White scored]; LINDBLAD
REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 6.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris singled to third [Campaneris to second
(error by Schaal)]; North tripled [Campaneris scored]; Bando
walked; Jackson popped to catcher in foul territory; Johnson
homered [North scored, Bando scored]; GARBER REPLACED SPLITTORFF
(PITCHING); Tenace singled; Garber threw a wild pitch [Tenace to
second]; Rudi grounded out (second to first) [Tenace to third];
HEGAN BATTED FOR FOSSE; Hegan lined to left; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 6.

ROYALS 6TH: TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); HEGAN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Rojas grounded out (third to first);
Schaal doubled; McRae walked; PINA REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING);
Healy forced McRae (shortstop to second) [Schaal to third];
White forced Healy (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 5, Royals 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Kubiak flied to left in foul territory;
Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); North struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 6.

ROYALS 7TH: Hovley grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded
out (shortstop to first); Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Bando homered; Jackson doubled; Johnson reached
on an error by Rojas [Jackson to third]; LEWIS RAN FOR JOHNSON;
Tenace out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Lewis to
second]; Rudi was walked intentionally; Hegan singled [Jackson
scored, Lewis to third, Rudi to second]; Kubiak popped to third
in foul territory; Campaneris popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 1
E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 7, Royals 6.

ROYALS 8TH: LEWIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Kirkpatrick lined
to left; Rojas popped to second; Schaal grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 7, Royals 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: North singled; North stole second; Bando out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [North to third]; Jackson
singled [North scored]; BIRD REPLACED GARBER (PITCHING); MANGUAL
BATTED FOR LEWIS; Mangual struck out; Tenace doubled [Jackson to
third]; Rudi doubled [Jackson scored, Tenace scored]; Hegan
singled [Rudi scored]; Kubiak singled [Hegan to second];
ANGELINI REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Campaneris flied to right; 4
R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 11, Royals 6.

ROYALS 9TH: MANGUAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); McRae struck
out; Healy flied to center; White singled; Hovley struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 11, Royals 6.