Vida Blue, going the route for first time in nine assignments this season, got 19-hit backing and coasted to an 11-2 victory over the Royals. Blue gave up a first-inning run when Jim Wohlford doubled and rode home on Amos Otis' single, then blanked the Royals until Hal McRae homered in the ninth.

Meanwhile the A's were chipping away with single runs in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings against loser Marty Pattin and reliever Gene Garber. Oakland sewed up the game with a four-run sixth, Ray Fosse driving in a pair with a single. Ted Kubiak collected four hits and Bert Campaneris three. The Royals, who had won seven of their last eight games, contributed to the Oakland cause by making eight errors as the A's climbed into first place in the West Division. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 11, Kansas City Royals 2
Game Played on Monday, May       13, 1974 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  6  8
A's          1  0  1    1  1  4    0  3  x  -  11 19  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White ss              4   0   0   0     0   2   .276      North cf              2   0   1   0     1   0   .189
Wohlford lf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .299        Summers rf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Otis cf               3   0   2   1     1   0   .278      Campaneris ss         6   2   3   1     0   0   .277
Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .198      Rudi lf               4   2   2   0     1   0   .318
McRae rf              3   1   1   1     1   0   .358        Haney ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .349      Johnson dh            4   1   2   1     0   2   .191
  Floyd 2b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Alou ph,dh,lf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .188
Scheinblum dh         4   0   0   0     0   1   .111      Tenace 1b             5   1   2   1     0   0   .226
Healy c               3   0   0   0     1   1   .260        H. Washington pr    0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Brett 3b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .208        Blue p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cowens ph,3b        1   0   1   0     0   0   .214      Fosse c               4   0   2   2     0   0   .239
Pattin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bourque ph,1b       1   1   1   1     0   0   .290
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mangual rf,cf         5   1   1   0     0   1   .143
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kubiak 2b             5   0   4   2     0   0   .208
                                                          Pitts 3b              3   2   1   0     2   0   .286

Totals               32   2   6   2     3   6             Totals               43  11  19   8     4   4

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance:  3,615
Left on Base: Royals 6, A's 13
DP: Royals 1, A's 0
Errors: White, Wohlford, McRae 2, Rojas, Healy, Cowens, Garber
Doubles: Wohlford (3), North (5), Kubiak (1)
Home Runs: McRae (6)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (9), Rudi (1)
Caught Stealing: Otis (1), Kubiak (1)
Sacrifice Hits: North (5)
GIDP: Kubiak (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin L(1-2)           3.2   8   3   2   2   1   0  19   4.60
Garber                  2.1   7   5   4   1   2   0  15   6.97
Mingori                 2     4   3   1   1   1   0  14  11.57
Totals                  8    19  11   7   4   4   0  48

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(2-4)             9     6   2   2   3   6   1  35   4.42
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   6   1  35

Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Jim Evans


ROYALS 1ST: White struck out; Wohlford doubled to right; Otis
singled to left [Wohlford scored]; Otis was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Mayberry grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North doubled to center [North out at third
(center to second to third)]; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher
to first); Rudi singled to center; Johnson singled to center
[Rudi to third]; Tenace singled to left [Rudi scored, Johnson to
second]; Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae lined to left; Rojas struck out; Scheinblum
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Mangual popped to third; Kubiak singled to left;
Pitts grounded out (shortstop to first) [Kubiak to second];
North flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
Athletics 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Healy walked; Brett forced Healy (pitcher to
shortstop); White struck out; Wohlford forced Brett (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris singled to left; On a bunt Rudi
singled [Campaneris to second]; Campaneris stole third and Rudi
stole second [Campaneris scored (error by Healy) (unearned)];
Johnson struck out; Tenace popped to shortstop; Fosse popped to
first in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
Athletics 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis singled to left; Mayberry grounded out (second
to first) [Otis to second]; McRae popped to first in foul
territory; Rojas flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Mangual grounded out (shortstop to first); Kubiak
singled to center; Kubiak was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Pitts walked; GARBER REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING);
North walked (walk was charged to Pattin) [Pitts to second];
Campaneris singled to center [Pitts scored, North to second];
Rudi forced Campaneris (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Scheinblum grounded out (shortstop to first); Healy
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Johnson struck out; Tenace singled to third;
Fosse singled to left [Tenace to second]; Mangual reached on an
error by Rojas [Tenace scored (unearned) (no RBI), Fosse to
third]; Kubiak grounded into a double play (first to shortstop
to first) [Mangual out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Athletics 4.

ROYALS 6TH: White popped to second; Wohlford singled to center;
Otis walked [Wohlford to second]; Mayberry lined to left; McRae
walked [Wohlford to third, Otis to second]; Rojas popped to
first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Pitts singled to left; North out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Pitts to second]; Campaneris singled
to right [Pitts to third, Campaneris to second (error by
McRae)]; Rudi was walked intentionally; Johnson singled to
pitcher [Pitts scored, Campaneris scored (error by Garber), Rudi
to third]; Tenace grounded out (third to first) [Johnson to
second]; Fosse singled to left [Rudi scored, Johnson scored,
Fosse to second (on throw to home)]; Mangual was called out on
strikes; 4 R, 4 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 8.

ROYALS 7TH: SUMMERS REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING RF); MANGUAL CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Scheinblum flied out to left; Healy
grounded out (third to first); COWENS BATTED FOR BRETT; Cowens
singled to center; White forced Cowens (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 7TH: COWENS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); FLOYD
REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING 2B); MINGORI REPLACED GARBER (PITCHING);
Kubiak singled to center; Pitts forced Kubiak (third to second);
Summers flied out to left; Campaneris reached on an error by
Cowens [Pitts to second]; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 8.

ROYALS 8TH: Wohlford flied out to center; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mayberry flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 8TH: ALOU BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Alou struck out; Tenace
reached on an error by McRae [Tenace to second]; H. WASHINGTON
RAN FOR TENACE; BOURQUE BATTED FOR FOSSE; Bourque singled to
center [H. Washington scored (unearned)]; Mangual singled to
left [Bourque to third (error by Wohlford), Mangual to second];
Kubiak doubled to right [Bourque scored, Mangual scored
(unearned)]; Pitts walked; Summers reached on an error by White
[Kubiak to third, Pitts to second]; Campaneris popped to first;
HANEY BATTED FOR RUDI; Haney popped to first; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 3
E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 11.

ROYALS 9TH: HANEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ALOU STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); BLUE REPLACED H. WASHINGTON (PITCHING);
BOURQUE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); McRae homered; Floyd was
called out on strikes; Scheinblum grounded out (third to first);
Healy struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Athletics 11.