Kansas City Royals 10, Oakland Athletics 9
Game Played on Saturday, September 1, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
A's          2  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  4  -   9 13  4
Royals       0  0  1    3  1  0    0  3  2  -  10 14  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              5   1   1   2     0   1   .288      Patek ss              4   0   1   2     1   0   .233
Campaneris ss         5   2   2   0     0   0   .264      Rojas 2b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .273
Bando 3b              4   3   4   4     0   0   .272      Otis cf               5   0   1   1     0   0   .299
Jackson rf            4   0   1   1     1   1   .298      Mayberry 1b           5   1   0   0     0   0   .277
  Conigliaro rf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .235      McRae dh              5   1   2   1     0   1   .219
Johnson dh            5   0   1   1     0   1   .254        White pr,dh         0   1   0   0     0   0   .236
Tenace 1b,c           3   0   0   0     1   0   .257      Kirkpatrick rf,lf     3   1   0   0     1   0   .273
Rudi lf               3   0   1   0     1   1   .243        Bevacqua ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .258
Fosse c               3   1   1   0     0   1   .254      Piniella lf           3   1   2   1     0   1   .260
  Davalillo ph,1b     1   1   1   0     0   0   .175        Hovley pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .253
Green 2b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .252        Poquette rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bourque ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .207        Reichardt ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Lewis pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Schaal 3b             4   1   2   1     1   0   .284
  Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Taylor c              4   1   3   4     1   0   .250
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   9  13   9     4   5             Totals               40  10  14  10     4   2

Time of Game: 3:34   Attendance: 38,468
Left on Base: A's 5, Royals 9
DP: A's 0, Royals 4
Errors: North, Bando, Jackson, Green
Doubles: Bando 2 (22), Rudi (18), Fosse (20), Piniella (25), McRae (12), Patek (18)
Triples: Campaneris (6), North (5)
Home Runs: Bando (25)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (28)
Caught Stealing: Bando (2), Rojas (4), Schaal (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Piniella (4)
GIDP: Tenace (10), Fosse (10), Rudi (12)
Hit by Pitch: Bando (3,by Garber)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter                  3.2   5   4   1   2   0   0  18   3.17
Fingers                 4     6   4   3   1   2   0  19   1.58
Pina                    0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.62
Knowles L(6-6)          0.1   3   2   0   1   0   0   6   2.39
Totals                  8.2  14  10   4   4   2   0  45

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris              2.1   5   2   2   1   2   0  13   2.66
Garber                  5.2   6   5   5   3   2   0  23   4.40
Bird                    0.1   2   2   2   0   0   1   3   3.27
Hoerner W(2-0)          0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   5.68
Totals                  9    13   9   9   4   5   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Garber (2)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Nestor Chylak


ATHLETICS 1ST: North flied out to left; Campaneris singled to
center; Campaneris stole second; Bando doubled to left
[Campaneris scored]; Jackson singled to right [Bando scored];
Johnson popped to first; Tenace grounded out (third to first); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas
singled to center; Rojas was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Otis grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi doubled to right; Fosse struck out; Green
grounded out (third to first); North struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry flied out to right; McRae grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kirkpatrick flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Bando
doubled; Jackson was walked intentionally; GARBER REPLACED
FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Johnson struck out while Bando was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Piniella doubled to left; Schaal flied out to center
[Piniella to third]; Taylor grounded out (second to first)
[Piniella scored]; Patek walked; Rojas forced Patek (second to
shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace grounded out (second to first); Rudi
struck out; Fosse doubled to left; Green singled [Fosse scored];
North grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis grounded out (third to first); Mayberry reached
on an error by Green; McRae doubled [Mayberry scored (unearned),
McRae to third (on throw to home)]; Kirkpatrick walked; Piniella
lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [McRae scored
(unearned)]; Schaal singled to left [Kirkpatrick to second];
Taylor singled to center [Kirkpatrick scored (unearned), Schaal
to third]; FINGERS REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Schaal was caught
stealing home (catcher to second to catcher to third); 3 R (0
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris tripled; Bando singled to left
[Campaneris scored]; Jackson flied out to left [Bando to
second]; Johnson singled [Bando scored]; Tenace grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Johnson out at
second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); Rojas singled
to right [Rojas to second (error by Jackson)]; Otis singled to
left [Rojas scored (unearned)]; Mayberry reached on an error by
North [Otis to second]; McRae struck out; Kirkpatrick grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
5, Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi walked; Fosse grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Rudi out at second]; Green
popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 6TH: Piniella was called out on strikes; Schaal grounded
out (pitcher to first); Taylor walked; Patek flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: North grounded out (third to first); Campaneris
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando was hit by a pitch;
Jackson forced Bando (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Rojas flied out to center; Otis lined to center;
Mayberry grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Tenace
walked; Rudi grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Tenace out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: McRae flied out to right; Kirkpatrick flied out to
right; Piniella singled to left; HOVLEY RAN FOR PINIELLA; Schaal
singled [Hovley to third]; Taylor singled to right [Hovley
scored, Schaal to second]; Patek doubled [Schaal scored, Taylor
scored]; PINA REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Rojas grounded out
(second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 8.

ATHLETICS 9TH: POQUETTE REPLACED HOVLEY (PLAYING RF);
KIRKPATRICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); DAVALILLO BATTED FOR
FOSSE; Davalillo singled to right; Debut game for Tom
Poquette; BOURQUE BATTED FOR GREEN; Bourque walked
[Davalillo to second]; LEWIS RAN FOR BOURQUE; BIRD REPLACED
GARBER (PITCHING); North tripled to left [Davalillo scored,
Lewis scored]; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bando homered [North scored]; HOERNER REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING);
Jackson struck out; Johnson popped to first; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 9, Royals 8.

ROYALS 9TH: CONIGLIARO REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); TENACE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); DAVALILLO STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING 1B); KUBIAK REPLACED LEWIS (PLAYING 2B); Otis grounded
out (first to pitcher); KNOWLES REPLACED PINA (PITCHING);
Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae singled to
right; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR KIRKPATRICK; WHITE RAN FOR MCRAE;
Bevacqua singled to left [White to second]; REICHARDT BATTED FOR
POQUETTE; Reichardt reached on an error by Bando [White to
third, Bevacqua to second]; Schaal walked [White scored
(unearned), Bevacqua to third, Reichardt to second]; Taylor
singled to right [Bevacqua scored (unearned), Reichardt to
third, Schaal to second]; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 9, Royals 10.