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Thursday September 13, 1973
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Kansas City Royals 5, California Angels 4

Game Played on Thursday, September 13, 1973 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Royals       0  0  0    0  2  0    0  3  0  -   5 10  1
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  4  0  -   4  8  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White ss              3   1   0   0     1   0   .253      Rivers cf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .364
  Piniella ph         1   0   1   2     0   0   .253      Berry lf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .293
  Taylor c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Robinson dh           4   1   1   2     0   0   .267
Rojas 2b              4   0   2   1     1   1   .280      Oliver 3b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .267
Otis dh               5   0   0   0     0   0   .300      McCraw 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Mayberry 1b           4   0   2   2     1   0   .276      Stanton rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .233
McRae rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .226      Sands c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .381
  Poquette rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Parker 2b             2   0   1   0     0   0   .105
Kirkpatrick lf        5   1   2   0     0   1   .269        Scheinblum ph       0   1   0   0     1   0   .278
Schaal 3b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .282        Gallagher ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Hovley cf             3   1   0   0     0   1   .264        Epstein ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Healy c               1   0   0   0     1   0   .274      Meoli ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .217
  Hopkins ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .246        Llenas ph,2b        1   1   1   0     0   0   .293
  Patek pr,ss         0   1   0   0     0   0   .229      Hand p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lange p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sells p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Barber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5  10   5     5   3             Totals               34   4   8   4     1   5

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance:  4,482
Left on Base: Royals 10, Angels 4
DP: Royals 0, Angels 1
Errors: Patek, Meoli
Home Runs: Robinson (26)
Caught Stealing: Parker (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Healy (5), Hovley (2)
GIDP: Otis (11)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris W(7-2)       7     7   3   3   1   2   0  28   2.88
Bird SV(16)             2     1   1   1   0   3   1   7   3.18
Totals                  9     8   4   4   1   5   1  35

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hand L(5-6)             6.1   6   2   0   3   2   0  29   4.59
Lange                   1     4   3   3   2   0   0   9   4.31
Sells                   0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.68
Barber                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.49
Totals                  9    10   5   3   5   3   0  42

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Merle Anthony


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

ANGELS 1ST: Rivers was called out on strikes; Berry singled to
shortstop; Robinson popped to shortstop; Oliver singled to
center [Berry to third]; McCraw grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry singled to right; McRae flied out to right;
Kirkpatrick singled to right [Mayberry to second]; Schaal flied
out to center; Hovley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Stanton grounded out (pitcher to first); Sands flied
out to left; Parker singled to center; Parker was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Angels 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Healy walked; White forced Healy (pitcher to
second); Rojas lined to shortstop; Otis grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Meoli grounded out (second to first); Rivers
grounded out (second to first); Berry grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); McRae
singled to right; Kirkpatrick popped to second; Schaal grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels
0.

ANGELS 4TH: Robinson grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver
struck out; McCraw grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Hovley reached on an error by Meoli; Healy out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hovley to second]; White
walked; Rojas singled to second [Hovley to third, White to
second]; Otis popped to second; Mayberry singled [Hovley scored
(unearned), White scored (unearned), Rojas to third]; McRae
flied out to left; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Stanton popped to first in foul territory; Sands
singled to right; Parker lined to center; Meoli grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Schaal
singled to left; Hovley flied out to left; Healy flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Berry
singled to right; Robinson popped to shortstop; Oliver popped to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 0.

ROYALS 7TH: White flied out to center; Rojas walked; LANGE
REPLACED HAND (PITCHING); Otis grounded out (third to first)
[Rojas to second]; Mayberry was walked intentionally; McRae
forced Mayberry (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 7TH: McCraw grounded out (second to first); Stanton
grounded out (third to first); Sands grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 0.

ROYALS 8TH: On a bunt Kirkpatrick singled to second; Schaal
singled to center [Kirkpatrick to second]; Hovley out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Kirkpatrick to third, Schaal
to second]; HOPKINS BATTED FOR HEALY; Hopkins was walked
intentionally; PINIELLA BATTED FOR WHITE; PATEK RAN FOR HOPKINS;
Piniella singled to center [Kirkpatrick scored, Schaal scored,
Patek to third]; Rojas singled to left [Patek scored, Piniella
to second]; SELLS REPLACED LANGE (PITCHING); Otis grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Rojas out at second];
3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Angels 0.

ANGELS 8TH: PATEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); TAYLOR REPLACED
PINIELLA (PLAYING C ); POQUETTE REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF);
SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR PARKER; Scheinblum walked; LLENAS BATTED
FOR MEOLI; Llenas singled to left [Scheinblum to third]; Rivers
singled to center [Scheinblum scored, Llenas to third]; BIRD
REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Berry reached on a fielder's
choice [Llenas scored (RBI), Rivers out at second (second to
third to second) (error by Patek)]; Cookie Rojas came off the
bag due to Freddie Patek's wide throw; Mickey Rivers rounded 2B
and was run down; Robinson homered [Berry scored]; Oliver
struck out; McCraw flied out to right; 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Angels 4.

ROYALS 9TH: GALLAGHER REPLACED SCHEINBLUM (PLAYING SS); LLENAS
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); BARBER REPLACED SELLS (PITCHING);
Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); Poquette grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 5, Angels 4.

ANGELS 9TH: Stanton struck out (catcher to first); Sands struck
out; EPSTEIN BATTED FOR GALLAGHER; Epstein flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Angels 4.



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