Homers by John Mayberry and Freddie Patek, together with the six-hit pitching of Steve Busby, enabled the Royals to defeat the Athletics, 4-1. Mayberry homered after a single by Cookie Rojas in the first inning. Patek added his round-tripper in the fifth. The Royals' final run counted in the eighth when Amos Otis tripled and Fran Healy doubled. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Wednesday, April     10, 1974 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  6  1
Royals       2  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  x  -   4  8  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              3   0   0   0     1   2   .048      Patek ss              4   1   1   1     0   0   .294
Campaneris ss         4   0   1   1     0   1   .300      Wohlford lf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .438
Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .313      Rojas 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .294
Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .381      Mayberry 1b           3   1   1   2     1   0   .333
Rudi lf               4   0   3   0     0   0   .556      Otis cf               2   1   1   0     2   0   .133
Tenace 1b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .250      Healy c               4   0   3   1     0   0   .333
Johnson dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .050      Pinson rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Fosse c               2   1   1   0     0   0   .286      Schaal 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .300
  Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gonzalez dh           3   0   0   0     0   1   .111
  Haney c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Trillo 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Alou ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   6   1     2   6             Totals               30   4   8   4     3   2

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 14,679
Left on Base: A's 6, Royals 7
DP: A's 1, Royals 0
Errors: Fosse
Doubles: Rudi (6), Healy (2)
Triples: Otis (1)
Home Runs: Mayberry (1), Patek (1)
Caught Stealing: North (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Pinson (1)
GIDP: Rojas (1)
Hit by Pitch: Wohlford (1,by Holtzman)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman L(0-2)         8     8   4   4   3   2   2  35   4.38
Totals                  8     8   4   4   3   2   2  35

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby W(2-0)            9     6   1   1   2   6   0  34   4.50
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   6   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Holtzman (1)
Wild Pitches: Busby (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Dave Phillips


ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Campaneris struck out; Bando
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek popped to second; Wohlford was called out on
strikes; Rojas singled to center; Mayberry homered [Rojas
scored]; Otis walked; Healy singled to third [Otis to second];
Pinson forced Healy (second to shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher); Rudi
singled to center; Tenace struck out; Johnson forced Rudi
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Schaal singled to left; Gonzalez flied out to right;
Patek grounded out (third to first) [Schaal to second]; Wohlford
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
0, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Fosse flied out to center; Trillo flied out to
center; North was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas grounded out (third to first); Mayberry lined
to second; Fosse dropped a foul fly hit by Otis for an error;
Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Campaneris popped to third in foul territory;
Bando was called out on strikes; Jackson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Healy singled to left; Pinson out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Healy to second]; Schaal popped to
first in foul territory; Gonzalez popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Rudi flied out to right; Tenace grounded out
(third to first); Johnson popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek homered; Wohlford was hit by a pitch; Rojas
grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first)
[Wohlford out at second]; Mayberry walked; Otis walked [Mayberry
to second]; Healy forced Otis (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: On a bunt Fosse singled to second; Busby threw a
wild pitch [Fosse to second]; Trillo flied out to left; North
walked; Campaneris singled [Fosse scored, North to third,
Campaneris to second (on throw to home)]; North was caught
stealing home (pitcher to third); Bando popped to shortstop; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Pinson grounded out (second to first); Schaal popped
to first; Gonzalez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Rudi
doubled to left; Tenace walked; Johnson flied out to center;
DAVALILLO BATTED FOR FOSSE; Davalillo grounded out (pitcher to
shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals
3.

ROYALS 7TH: HANEY REPLACED DAVALILLO (PLAYING C ); Patek lined
to shortstop; Wohlford flied out to left; Rojas grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals
3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: ALOU BATTED FOR TRILLO; Alou flied out to left;
North lined to left; Campaneris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 8TH: KUBIAK REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING 2B); Mayberry flied
out to right; Otis tripled; Healy doubled to left [Otis scored];
Pinson grounded out (second to first) [Healy to third]; Schaal
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
1, Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Bando singled to center; Jackson flied out to
left; Rudi singled to left [Bando to second]; Tenace popped to
third in foul territory; Johnson was called out on strikes; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 4.