Kansas City Royals 6, Oakland Athletics 5
Game Played on Sunday, September 2, 1973 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  3  0    0  2  0  -   5 11  0
Royals       0  0  1    4  1  0    0  0  x  -   6 11  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   1   3   0     1   0   .292      Patek ss              3   0   0   1     0   1   .232
Campaneris ss         4   1   0   0     1   0   .262      Rojas 2b              4   2   2   2     0   1   .275
Bando 3b              4   1   3   0     1   0   .276      Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .298
Jackson rf            5   0   1   3     0   1   .297      Mayberry 1b           3   1   2   0     1   0   .280
Johnson dh            5   0   0   0     0   2   .251      McRae rf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .220
  Odom pr,dh          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Poquette rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tenace 1b,c           4   1   1   0     1   1   .257      Piniella lf           3   0   0   1     0   2   .259
Alou lf               4   1   1   2     0   0   .305      Schaal 3b             4   2   2   0     0   0   .286
Fosse c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Reichardt dh          2   0   2   0     1   0   .256
  Bourque ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Taylor c              3   0   1   1     1   0   .252
  Andrews ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .203      Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Green 2b              2   0   1   0     0   0   .254        Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .174        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .228
  Morales ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  Lewis pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rudi 1b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  11   5     4   4             Totals               30   6  11   6     3   4

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance: 35,466
Left on Base: A's 10, Royals 6
DP: A's 1, Royals 1
Errors: Garber
Doubles: Jackson (25), Schaal (13), McRae (13), Mayberry (19)
Home Runs: Alou (1), Rojas 2 (6)
Caught Stealing: Taylor (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Reichardt (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Patek (2), Piniella (5)
GIDP: Tenace (11)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(15-9)            3.2   5   5   5   2   2   1  17   3.54
Pina                    0.2   2   1   1   0   0   1   4   2.71
Lindblad                2     4   0   0   0   2   0  10   4.00
Fingers                 1.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   1.56
Totals                  8    11   6   6   3   4   2  36

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby W(14-12)          7.1   8   5   5   4   4   1  34   4.38
Hoerner                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.61
Garber SV(11)           1.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   6   4.35
Totals                  9    11   5   5   4   4   1  42

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (second to first); Campaneris
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Rojas grounded out (first to
pitcher); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson flied out to right; Johnson popped to
first in foul territory; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

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

ATHLETICS 3RD: Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Fosse
flied out to center; Green singled; North singled to left [Green
to second]; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Schaal doubled to left; Reichardt out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Schaal to third]; Taylor walked; Patek
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Schaal scored]; Taylor was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando walked; Jackson forced Bando (second to
shortstop); Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first) [Jackson to
second]; Tenace singled to third [Jackson to third]; Alou
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas homered; Otis grounded out (second to first);
Mayberry walked; McRae doubled to left [Mayberry scored, McRae
to third (on throw to home)]; Piniella hit a sacrifice fly to
right [McRae scored]; Schaal singled to right; Reichardt singled
to third [Schaal to second]; PINA REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING);
Taylor singled to left [Schaal scored, Reichardt to second];
Patek grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Fosse flied out to left; Green flied out to
right; North singled to second; Campaneris walked [North to
second]; Bando singled to third [North to third, Campaneris to
second]; Jackson doubled [North scored, Campaneris scored, Bando
scored]; Johnson was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 3, Royals 5.

ROYALS 5TH: Rojas homered; Otis flied out to right; LINDBLAD
REPLACED PINA (PITCHING); Mayberry doubled to right; McRae flied
out to center; Piniella struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Royals 6.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Tenace popped to catcher in foul territory; Alou
grounded out (shortstop to first); Fosse grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Royals 6.

ROYALS 6TH: Schaal grounded out (third to first); Reichardt
singled to center; Taylor flied out to center; Patek popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Royals 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: DAVALILLO BATTED FOR GREEN; Davalillo flied out
to center; North walked; Campaneris flied out to right; Bando
singled to left [North to second]; Jackson was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Royals 6.

ROYALS 7TH: KUBIAK REPLACED DAVALILLO (PLAYING 2B); Rojas was
called out on strikes; Otis singled to center; Mayberry singled
to right [Otis to third]; FINGERS REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING);
McRae lined into a double play (third unassisted) [Otis out at
third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Royals 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: POQUETTE REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); Johnson
struck out; Tenace walked; Alou homered [Tenace scored]; BOURQUE
BATTED FOR FOSSE; HOERNER REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); ANDREWS
BATTED FOR BOURQUE; Andrews popped to first in foul territory;
MORALES BATTED FOR KUBIAK; Morales singled to pitcher; Joe
Hoerner reinjured his left thumb; GARBER REPLACED HOERNER
(PITCHING); LEWIS RAN FOR MORALES; North singled [Lewis to
second]; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 6.

ROYALS 8TH: ANDREWS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); RUDI REPLACED
LEWIS (PLAYING 1B); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C );
Piniella flied out to center; Schaal flied out to right;
Reichardt walked; Taylor lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Royals 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Bando singled to center; Jackson flied out to
left; Johnson reached on an error by Garber [Bando to second];
ODOM RAN FOR JOHNSON; Tenace grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Odom out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 6.