Kansas City Royals 9, California Angels 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, September 9, 1973 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
Angels 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 5 8 2 Royals 5 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 x - 9 12 2 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 4 2 2 0 1 1 .364 White ss 5 2 2 0 0 0 .259 Pinson lf 5 1 1 2 0 1 .261 Rojas 2b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .276 Robinson dh 4 1 0 0 1 2 .265 Otis cf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .302 Oliver 3b 5 1 2 3 0 1 .266 Mayberry 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .276 McCraw 1b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .242 Piniella lf 4 2 3 2 0 0 .255 Stanton rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .239 Schaal 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .287 Sands c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .333 McRae rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .218 Chalk ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .105 Poquette rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alomar 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .233 Bevacqua dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Taylor c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .240 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 5 8 5 6 9 Totals 33 9 12 6 3 2 Time of Game: 2:22 Left on Base: Angels 9, Royals 4 DP: Angels 3, Royals 1 Errors: Sands, Alomar, White, Schaal Doubles: Oliver (16), White 2 (4), Rojas 2 (28), Piniella (26) Triples: McRae (3) Home Runs: Pinson (8), Oliver (18) Sacrifice Flies: Schaal (3) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hassler L(0-3) 2.1 5 6 2 3 1 0 16 4.18 Wright 5.2 7 3 3 0 1 0 21 3.64 Totals 8 12 9 5 3 2 0 37 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Drago 0.2 2 2 2 3 0 1 6 4.28 Mingori W(2-1) 6.1 5 2 2 2 6 1 26 3.93 Bird SV(14) 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 9 3.25 Totals 9 8 5 4 6 9 2 41 Passed Balls: Sands (2) Wild Pitches: Hassler (2) Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Joe Brinkman ANGELS 1ST: Rivers singled to center; Pinson homered [Rivers scored]; Robinson walked; Oliver flied out to left; McCraw walked [Robinson to second]; McCraw was picked off first (pitcher to first); Stanton walked; MINGORI REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Sands flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: White doubled to left; Rojas reached on an error by Alomar [White scored (no RBI)]; Sands allowed a passed ball [Rojas to second]; Otis walked; Mayberry struck out; Piniella singled to left [Rojas scored (unearned), Otis to third]; Schaal lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Otis scored (unearned)]; McRae walked [Piniella to second]; Hassler threw a wild pitch [Piniella scored (error by Sands) (unearned), McRae scored (unearned)]; Bevacqua popped to first; 5 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 5. ANGELS 2ND: Chalk walked; Alomar singled to left [Chalk to second]; Rivers popped to shortstop; Pinson lined into a double play (second to shortstop) [Chalk out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 5. ROYALS 2ND: Taylor walked; On a bunt White made an out to first [Taylor to second]; Rojas lined to right; Otis singled to pitcher [Taylor stayed at second]; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 5. ANGELS 3RD: Robinson reached on an error by White; Oliver struck out; McCraw struck out; Stanton singled to left [Robinson to second]; Sands was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 5. ROYALS 3RD: Piniella singled to third; Schaal flied out to left; McRae tripled [Piniella scored]; WRIGHT REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Bevacqua hit into a double play (shortstop to first to catcher) [McRae out at home]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 6. ANGELS 4TH: Chalk popped to second; Alomar singled to right; Rivers walked [Alomar to second]; Pinson lined to left; Robinson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 6. ROYALS 4TH: Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); White doubled to left; Rojas doubled to right [White scored]; Otis singled to left [Rojas scored]; Mayberry hit into a double play (first to shortstop) [Otis out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 8. ANGELS 5TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); McCraw grounded out (first to pitcher); Stanton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 8. ROYALS 5TH: Piniella grounded out (second to first); Schaal grounded out (third to first); McRae struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 8. ANGELS 6TH: Sands flied out to left; Chalk flied out to right; Alomar popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 8. ROYALS 6TH: Bevacqua lined to right; Taylor singled to right; White popped to first in foul territory; Rojas doubled to left [Taylor to third]; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 8. ANGELS 7TH: Rivers singled to right; Pinson flied out to right; Robinson struck out; Oliver homered [Rivers scored]; McCraw grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 8. ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry singled to right; Piniella doubled [Mayberry scored, Piniella to third (on throw to home)]; Schaal popped to second; McRae flied into a double play (right to catcher) [Piniella out at home]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 9. ANGELS 8TH: POQUETTE REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); BIRD REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Stanton grounded out (third to first); Sands walked; Chalk flied out to left; Alomar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 9. ROYALS 8TH: Bevacqua grounded out (shortstop to first); Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); White grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 9. ANGELS 9TH: Rivers struck out; Pinson struck out; Robinson reached on an error by Schaal; Oliver doubled [Robinson scored (unearned)]; McCraw struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 5, Royals 9.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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