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Saturday September 8, 1973
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California Angels 9, Kansas City Royals 6 (Game 1)

Game Played on Saturday, September 8, 1973 (Day game) at Royals Stadium

Angels       1  0  0    0  3  0    0  5  0  -   9 14  3
Royals       0  0  1    0  0  3    0  0  2  -   6  7  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             4   3   3   3     1   1   .308      Hovley dh             3   1   2   1     0   0   .259
Pinson lf             5   0   2   2     0   0   .262        McRae ph,dh         2   0   0   0     0   1   .215
Robinson dh           5   0   1   1     0   3   .270      Rojas 2b              5   0   1   3     0   0   .274
Oliver 3b             4   1   2   1     1   1   .262        Floyd 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .339
Epstein 1b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .212      Mayberry 1b           2   0   0   0     3   0   .277
  Berry ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .292      Otis cf               4   0   1   0     1   1   .300
  McCraw 1b           1   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Kirkpatrick rf        5   0   1   0     0   1   .270
Stanton rf            5   1   1   2     0   1   .232      Piniella lf           5   0   0   0     0   0   .252
Sands c               4   1   2   0     0   2   .444      Schaal 3b             1   2   0   0     3   0   .289
Chalk ss              4   2   2   0     0   2   .154      Taylor c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .238
Alomar 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .228        Poquette ph         1   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Singer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Patek ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  May p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hopkins ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .254
  Monteagudo p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wohlford ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .242
                                                            White ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .237
                                                            Bevacqua ph         1   0   1   2     0   0   .260
                                                          Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   9  14   9     2  13             Totals               36   6   7   6     8   3

Time of Game: 3:13
Left on Base: Angels 6, Royals 13
DP: Angels 0, Royals 1
Errors: Oliver, Chalk, Alomar
Doubles: Rivers (1), Robinson (26), Oliver (14), Kirkpatrick (21), Rojas (26)
Home Runs: Stanton (8), Hovley (2)
Stolen Bases: Rivers 2 (3)
GIDP: Robinson (12)
Hit by Pitch: Schaal (4,by Monteagudo), McRae (6,by Monteagudo)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Singer                  5.1   5   3   3   4   1   1  26   3.17
May                     0.1   1   1   1   2   1   0   4   4.45
Monteagudo W(2-1)       3.1   1   2   0   2   1   0  16   3.65
Totals                  9     7   6   4   8   3   1  46

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris              4.1   7   4   4   1   5   0  21   2.98
Mingori L(1-1)          3     5   4   4   1   5   1  14   4.08
Hoerner                 1.2   2   1   1   0   3   0   7   5.86
Totals                  9    14   9   9   2  13   1  42

Hit by Pitch: Monteagudo 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Art Frantz


ANGELS 1ST: Rivers singled to right; Rivers stole second; Pinson
grounded out (first unassisted) [Rivers to third]; Robinson was
called out on strikes; Oliver singled to left [Rivers scored];
Epstein flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Hovley flied out to left; Rojas popped to catcher in
foul territory; Mayberry walked; Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Angels 1, Royals 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Stanton lined to shortstop; Sands singled to left;
Chalk struck out; Alomar forced Sands (second unassisted); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick doubled to left; Piniella grounded out
(shortstop to first); Schaal grounded out (second to first)
[Kirkpatrick to third]; Taylor grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Royals 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Rivers walked; Rivers stole second; Pinson popped to
shortstop; Robinson struck out; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek popped to shortstop; Hovley homered; Rojas
reached on an error by Oliver; Mayberry lined to right; Otis
singled to center [Rojas to second]; Kirkpatrick flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 1, Royals 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Epstein popped to second; Stanton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sands was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella grounded out (first unassisted); Schaal
walked; Taylor grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Schaal to second (error by Chalk)]; Patek flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Royals 1.

ANGELS 5TH: On a bunt Chalk singled to catcher; Alomar singled
to right [Chalk to third]; Rivers doubled [Chalk scored, Alomar
scored]; Pinson grounded out (pitcher to first); Robinson
doubled to right [Rivers scored]; MINGORI REPLACED FITZMORRIS
(PITCHING); Oliver was walked intentionally; Epstein struck out;
Stanton popped to shortstop; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 4,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Hovley singled to left; Rojas forced Hovley (third
to second); Mayberry popped to shortstop; Otis walked [Rojas to
second]; Kirkpatrick forced Rojas (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 4, Royals 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Sands struck out; Chalk struck out; Alomar popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 4, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Piniella lined to center; 36 minute rain
delay; Schaal walked; Taylor singled to center [Schaal to
second]; HOPKINS BATTED FOR PATEK; MAY REPLACED SINGER
(PITCHING); WOHLFORD BATTED FOR HOPKINS; Wohlford walked [Schaal
to third, Taylor to second]; MCRAE BATTED FOR HOVLEY; McRae
struck out; Rojas doubled to left [Schaal scored, Taylor scored,
Wohlford scored]; Mayberry walked; MONTEAGUDO REPLACED MAY
(PITCHING); Otis forced Mayberry (third to second); 3 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Angels 4, Royals 4.

ANGELS 7TH: MCRAE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WHITE REPLACED
WOHLFORD (PLAYING SS); Rivers struck out; Pinson singled;
Robinson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Pinson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 4,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 7TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to pitcher);
Piniella flied out to right; Schaal was hit by a pitch; Taylor
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
4, Royals 4.

ANGELS 8TH: Oliver doubled; BERRY BATTED FOR EPSTEIN; Berry
struck out; Stanton homered [Oliver scored]; Sands singled to
center; Chalk singled [Sands to second]; HOERNER REPLACED
MINGORI (PITCHING); Alomar popped to shortstop; Rivers singled
to left [Sands scored, Chalk to third (on throw to home), Rivers
to second (on throw to home)]; Pinson singled to center [Chalk
scored, Rivers scored]; Robinson struck out; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 9, Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: MCCRAW REPLACED BERRY (PLAYING 1B); White lined to
second; McRae was hit by a pitch; Rojas flied out to left;
Mayberry walked [McRae to second]; Otis flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 9, Royals 4.

ANGELS 9TH: FLOYD REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING 2B); Oliver grounded
out (second to first); McCraw struck out; Stanton was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 9, Royals 4.

ROYALS 9TH: Kirkpatrick struck out; Piniella grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); Schaal walked; POQUETTE BATTED
FOR TAYLOR; Poquette reached on an error by Alomar [Schaal to
third, Poquette to second]; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR WHITE; Bevacqua
singled to left [Schaal scored (unearned), Poquette scored
(unearned)]; McRae forced Bevacqua (second unassisted); 2 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 9, Royals 6.



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