Cookie Rojas smashed a two-run homer in the sixth inning to provide the Royals with a 4-2 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Athletics got two run-scoring doubles from Gaylen Pitts, their rookie third baseman, and won the second game in 10 innings, 2-1. In the opener, the A's scored on a double by Bill North and single by Joe Rudi in the first inning and added another tally on a double by Gene Tenace, a throwing error by Rojas and sacrifice fly by Angel Mangual in the second. The Royals tied the score with consecutive singles by Jim Wohlford, Fran Healy and George Brett, together with an error by North, in the fifth before breaking ahead in the sixth when John Mayberry singled and Rojas hit his homer.

In the nightcap, Pitts drove in Mangual with his first double of the game in the fifth inning. The Royals pulled even with two-baggers by Wohlford and Mayberry in the sixth. Pitts' second double scored Ted Kubiak to decide the game in the overtime stanza. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Oakland Athletics 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Tuesday, May       14, 1974 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Royals       0  0  0    0  2  2    0  0  0  -   4  9  1
A's          1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 11  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White ss              3   0   1   0     0   1   .281      North cf              5   1   2   0     0   1   .198
Pinson rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .257      Campaneris ss         4   0   2   0     1   1   .284
  Cowens rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Rudi lf               4   0   2   1     1   0   .323
Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Johnson dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .181
Mayberry 1b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .209      Tenace 1b             3   1   2   0     1   0   .239
McRae dh              4   0   1   0     0   2   .355      Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Rojas 2b              4   1   1   2     0   0   .346      Mangual rf            2   0   0   1     0   0   .133
Wohlford lf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .306        Summers ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .167
Healy c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .260      Kubiak 2b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .222
Brett 3b              3   0   1   2     0   1   .222      Pitts 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        H. Washington pr    0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   9   4     0   5             Totals               34   2  11   2     3   3

Time of Game: 2:22
Left on Base: Royals 4, A's 10
DP: Royals 3, A's 1
Errors: Rojas, North, Hunter
Doubles: Mayberry (4), North (6), Tenace (4)
Home Runs: Rojas (3)
Stolen Bases: Wohlford (9), North 2 (11)
Caught Stealing: White (1)
Sacrifice Hits: White (1), Pitts (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Mangual (1)
GIDP: Johnson (4), Kubiak (5), Fosse (3)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(4-3)       7.1   8   2   1   2   2   0  31   2.86
Bird SV(1)              1.2   3   0   0   1   1   0   8   2.18
Totals                  9    11   2   1   3   3   0  39

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter L(6-3)           9     9   4   3   0   5   1  35   2.40
Totals                  9     9   4   3   0   5   1  35

Balks: Splittorff (1)

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


ROYALS 1ST: White singled to third; Pinson struck out while
White was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Otis
lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North doubled; North stole third; Campaneris
struck out; Rudi singled to left [North scored]; Johnson
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Rudi out
at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry popped to third in foul territory; McRae
struck out; Rojas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace doubled to left; Fosse reached on a
fielder's choice [Tenace to third (error by Rojas)]; Mangual hit
a sacrifice fly to right [Tenace scored (unearned)]; Kubiak
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Fosse out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Athletics 2.

ROYALS 3RD: On a bunt Wohlford singled to third; Healy flied out
to center; Wohlford stole second; Brett struck out; White struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Pitts grounded out (shortstop to first); North
singled to shortstop; Campaneris flied out to center; North
stole second; Rudi walked; Splittorff balked [North to third,
Rudi to second]; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Athletics 2.

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

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace lined to shortstop; Fosse grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mangual grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Wohlford singled; Healy singled to center [Wohlford
to third, Healy to second (error by North)]; Brett singled to
center [Wohlford scored, Healy scored (unearned)]; Brett was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Hunter [Brett to
second]; White out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Brett
to third]; Pinson popped to second; Otis popped to third in foul
territory; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Kubiak singled to center; Pitts out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Kubiak to second]; North
flied out to center; Campaneris walked; Rudi flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Athletics 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry singled to center; McRae struck out; Rojas
homered [Mayberry scored]; Wohlford grounded out (third to
first); Healy grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Tenace
singled to left; Fosse flied out to center; Mangual flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Brett flied out to center; White grounded out
(shortstop to first); Pinson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Kubiak flied out to right; Pitts grounded out
(third to first); North grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry
grounded out (second to first); McRae lined to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris singled to right; Rudi singled to
right [Campaneris to third]; Johnson lined to second; BIRD
REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Tenace walked [Rudi to second];
COWENS REPLACED PINSON (PLAYING RF); Fosse grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Tenace out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Rojas flied out to right; On a bunt Wohlford made an
out to pitcher; Healy popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: SUMMERS BATTED FOR MANGUAL; Summers singled to
center; Kubiak singled to left [Summers to second]; Pitts forced
Summers (first to third) [Kubiak to second]; H. WASHINGTON RAN
FOR PITTS; North was called out on strikes; Campaneris singled
to third [Kubiak to third, H. Washington to second]; Rudi flied
out to right; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 2.