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Wednesday September 12, 1973
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Kansas City Royals 5, Oakland Athletics 0

Game Played on Wednesday, September 12, 1973 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Royals       0  0  4    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   5  9  1
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  9  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White ss              5   1   2   0     0   0   .260      North cf              4   0   1   0     1   1   .288
Rojas 2b              4   1   3   0     0   1   .278      Campaneris ss         5   0   0   0     0   1   .254
Mayberry 1b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .274      Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .284
McRae rf              3   2   2   4     1   0   .225      Johnson dh            3   0   2   0     1   0   .248
Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .252      Tenace 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .254
Schaal 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .279      Conigliaro lf         3   0   0   0     0   1   .227
Bevacqua dh           4   0   0   0     0   1   .254        Davalillo ph,lf     1   0   0   0     0   1   .184
Hovley cf             2   0   1   0     2   1   .268      Fosse c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Healy c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .275        Bourque ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .210
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mangual rf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .212
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Green 2b              2   0   1   0     0   0   .259
                                                            Carty ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .229
                                                            Lewis pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
                                                            Andrews ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .202
                                                          Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   9   5     3   4             Totals               35   0   9   0     3   6

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 10,788
Left on Base: Royals 5, A's 11
DP: Royals 2, A's 1
Errors: White
Home Runs: McRae 2 (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Healy 2 (4)
GIDP: Mayberry (5), Bando (11), North (6)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(16-11)     7     8   0   0   1   2   0  29   4.21
Bird SV(15)             2     1   0   0   2   4   0   9   3.14
Totals                  9     9   0   0   3   6   0  38

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman L(20-12)       8     9   5   5   2   4   2  34   2.86
Knowles                 1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.85
Totals                  9     9   5   5   3   4   2  37

Passed Balls: Healy (6)

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Bill Haller


ROYALS 1ST: White singled to left; Rojas was called out on
strikes; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted) [White to
second]; McRae walked; Piniella struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to right; Campaneris flied out to
center; Bando grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [North out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Schaal grounded out (second to first); Bevacqua
flied out to right; Hovley singled to left; Healy grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Johnson singled to shortstop; Tenace flied out to
center; Conigliaro flied out to right; Fosse reached on an error
by White [Johnson to second]; Mangual forced Fosse (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White singled to center; Rojas singled to center
[White to second]; Mayberry singled to center [White scored,
Rojas to third]; McRae homered [Rojas scored, Mayberry scored];
Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal flied out to
left; Bevacqua flied out to right; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Green grounded out (third to first); North was
called out on strikes; Campaneris grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Hovley struck out; Healy grounded out (third to
first); White flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando flied out to left; Johnson singled to
right; Tenace singled to left [Johnson to second]; Conigliaro
struck out; Fosse flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 4, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Rojas singled to left [Rojas out at second (left to
shortstop to second)]; Mayberry popped to shortstop in foul
territory; McRae lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Mangual singled to left; Green singled to right
[Mangual to second]; North grounded into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop to first) [Mangual to third, Green out at second];
Campaneris flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4,
Athletics 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Piniella flied out to right; Schaal grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bevacqua struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando singled to left; Johnson flied out to
right; Tenace lined to center; Conigliaro flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Hovley walked; Healy out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Hovley to second]; White reached on a fielder's
choice [Hovley to third]; Rojas singled to third [Hovley stayed
at third, White to second]; Mayberry grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Rojas out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Fosse singled to left; Mangual grounded out
(second to first) [Fosse to second]; CARTY BATTED FOR GREEN;
Carty walked; LEWIS RAN FOR CARTY; North forced Lewis (third to
second) [Fosse to third]; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 8TH: KUBIAK REPLACED LEWIS (PLAYING 2B); McRae homered;
Piniella popped to first in foul territory; Schaal grounded out
(third to first); Bevacqua grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: BIRD REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Bando struck
out; Johnson walked; Tenace struck out; DAVALILLO BATTED FOR
CONIGLIARO; Davalillo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
5, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 9TH: DAVALILLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); KNOWLES
REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Hovley walked; Healy out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hovley to second]; White
reached on a fielder's choice [Hovley out at third (shortstop to
third)]; White was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: BOURQUE BATTED FOR FOSSE; Bourque flied out to
center; Mangual singled to left; ANDREWS BATTED FOR KUBIAK;
Healy allowed a passed ball [Mangual to second]; Andrews popped
to first in foul territory; North walked; Campaneris struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 0.



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