Nolan Ryan, the major league strikeout leader, fanned nine Royals to increase his total to 210 but Kansas City's Jim Wohlford stole the show when his third single of the night drove in Tony Solaita from second base with the winning run as the Royals nipped the Angels, 2-1. With the score tied in the eighth, John Mayberry singled and Solaita walked but Vada Pinson, attempting to sacrifice, forced Mayberry at third. That's when Wohlford poked his safety into left field, driving in what proved to be the winning run.

The Royals' first run came in the opening frame when Fred Patek walked, stole second, took third on a wild pitch and galloped home as Mayberry grounded out. California got its run in the second on singles by Frank Robinson, Bruce Bochte and Denny Doyle. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 2, California Angels 1
Game Played on Thursday, July      25, 1974 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  6  2
Angels       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1 12  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              3   1   0   0     2   2   .216      Rivers cf             5   0   2   0     0   1   .287
Rojas 2b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Chalk 3b,ss           5   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Otis cf               4   0   0   0     1   1   .276        Lange pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Mayberry 1b           4   0   2   1     0   1   .263      Stanton rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .307
  Bevacqua pr,1b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .153      Robinson dh           2   1   1   0     3   0   .257
Solaita dh            2   1   0   0     2   1   .283      Valentine lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Pinson rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .242        Lahoud ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .284
  Cowens rf,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .208      Bochte 1b             5   0   4   0     0   0   .600
Wohlford lf,rf        4   0   3   1     0   0   .296      Rodriguez c           4   0   1   0     0   0   .254
Brett 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .237      Doyle 2b              2   0   2   1     1   0   .251
Healy c               2   0   0   0     2   1   .258      Ramirez ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .190
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Llenas ph,3b        2   0   1   0     0   1   .289
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ryan p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   6   2     7   9             Totals               35   1  12   1     5   5

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 11,334
Left on Base: Royals 10, Angels 14
DP: Royals 2, Angels 0
Errors: Bevacqua, Splittorff
Doubles: Llenas (5)
Stolen Bases: Patek (21), Wohlford (12), Rivers 2 (28)
Sacrifice Hits: Doyle (7), Stanton (4)
GIDP: Rodriguez (6)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(10-10)     7    10   1   1   3   5   0  32   3.67
Mingori                 1     2   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.50
Bird SV(7)              1     0   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.09
Totals                  9    12   1   1   5   5   0  42

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan L(12-10)           9     6   2   2   7   9   0  39   3.41
Totals                  9     6   2   2   7   9   0  39

Wild Pitches: Ryan 3 (7)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Patek stole second; Rojas popped to
second; Ryan threw a wild pitch [Patek to third]; Otis walked;
Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted) [Patek scored, Otis to
third]; Solaita was called out on strikes; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Royals 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Rivers struck out; Chalk flied out to left; Stanton
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, Angels 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Pinson struck out; Wohlford singled to center; Brett
struck out; Wohlford stole second; Healy walked; Ryan threw a
wild pitch [Wohlford to third, Healy to second]; Patek walked;
Rojas popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels
0.

ANGELS 2ND: Robinson singled to left; Valentine flied out to
left; Bochte singled to second [Robinson to second]; Rodriguez
flied out to right; Doyle singled to left [Robinson scored,
Bochte to second]; Ramirez struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, Angels 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); Mayberry was
called out on strikes; Solaita walked; Pinson struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Rivers singled to center; Chalk singled to third
[Rivers to second]; Stanton was called out on strikes; Rivers
stole third; Rivers was out trying to advance to home and Chalk
advanced to second (catcher to second to third to catcher);
Robinson was walked intentionally; Valentine grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Wohlford singled to shortstop; Brett grounded out
(second to first) [Wohlford to second]; Healy walked; Patek was
called out on strikes; Rojas grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Bochte singled to right; Rodriguez grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bochte out at
second]; Doyle singled to pitcher [Doyle to second (error by
Splittorff)]; Ramirez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry
singled to center; Ryan threw a wild pitch [Mayberry to second];
Solaita flied out to right; Pinson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 5TH: Rivers singled to left; Chalk popped to first in
foul territory; Rivers stole second; Stanton was called out on
strikes; Robinson was walked intentionally; Valentine flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Wohlford flied out to center; Brett grounded out
(pitcher to first); Healy flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Bochte singled to center; Rodriguez singled to left
[Bochte to second]; Doyle out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Bochte to third, Rodriguez to second]; LLENAS BATTED
FOR RAMIREZ; Llenas struck out; Rivers flied out to right; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ROYALS 7TH: CHALK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); LLENAS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Patek struck out; Rojas popped to second;
Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 7TH: Chalk popped to second; Stanton flied out to right;
Robinson walked; Valentine lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ROYALS 8TH: Mayberry singled to right; BEVACQUA RAN FOR
MAYBERRY; Solaita walked [Bevacqua to second]; Pinson forced
Bevacqua (pitcher to third) [Solaita to second]; Wohlford
singled to left [Solaita scored, Pinson to third, Wohlford out
at second (left to catcher to second)]; Brett grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 8TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MINGORI
REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Bochte singled to right;
Rodriguez lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Bochte
out at first]; Doyle walked; Llenas doubled to left [Doyle to
third]; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 1.

ROYALS 9TH: Healy struck out; Patek flied out to left; Rojas
singled to left; Otis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 9TH: BIRD REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); COWENS REPLACED
PINSON (PLAYING RF); Chalk reached on an error by Bevacqua
(assist by Brett); Royals manager Jack McKeon ejected by 1B
umpire Jim Odom; LANGE RAN FOR CHALK; Stanton out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Lange to second]; COWENS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); WOHLFORD CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Robinson flied out to center; LAHOUD BATTED FOR
VALENTINE; Lahoud walked; Bochte forced Lahoud (second
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 1.