The Royals scored three runs in the ninth to beat the Angels 3-2, and thus prevent new manager Dick Williams from posting his first win on home grounds. The big blow in the decisive frame was George Brett's bases-loaded single off reliever Skip Lockwood. That made the score 2-1 and the insurance tally came home on Fran Healy's sacrifice fly.

The Angels made a bid to pull the game out of the fire in their last turn at bat when they loaded the bases with one out on three singles, but Royal ace Steve Busby struck out Joe Lahoud, walked Bruce Bochte to force in a tally and then got Bobby Valentine on a grounder to third. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 3, California Angels 2

Game Played on Friday, July 26, 1974 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3  8  2
Angels       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   2  8  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   0   0     1   0   .214      Rivers cf             3   2   2   0     2   0   .290
Rojas 2b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .287      Doyle 2b              5   0   2   1     0   1   .253
Otis cf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .274      Stanton rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .306
Solaita 1b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .276      Robinson dh           5   0   1   0     0   2   .256
  Mayberry ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Lahoud lf             3   0   0   0     2   2   .279
Scheinblum dh         4   0   1   0     0   1   .168      Bochte 1b             1   0   1   1     2   0   .636
  White pr,dh         0   1   0   0     0   0   .228      Valentine 3b          5   0   1   0     0   0   .266
Wohlford lf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .296      Rodriguez c           2   0   0   0     1   0   .252
Pinson rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .243      Ramirez ss            4   0   0   0     0   2   .174
  Bevacqua ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .167      Lange p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cowens rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .208        Sells p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brett 3b              4   0   2   2     0   0   .242        Quintana p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Healy c               3   0   1   1     0   1   .259        Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   8   3     3   6             Totals               32   2   8   2     7   8

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance:  9,131
Left on Base: Royals 8, Angels 14
DP: Royals 0, Angels 1
Errors: Patek, Busby, Ramirez
Doubles: Doyle (16)
Caught Stealing: Rivers (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Bochte 2 (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Healy (2)
GIDP: Patek (5)
Hit by Pitch: Stanton (4,by Busby), Rodriguez (8,by Busby)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby W(14-9)           9     8   2   1   7   8   0  43   3.20
Totals                  9     8   2   1   7   8   0  43

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lange                   7.1   4   0   0   3   5   0  29   3.42
Sells                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.25
Quintana L(0-1)         0.1   2   2   2   0   1   0   3   4.91
Lockwood                1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   4.41
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   6   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Busby 2 (6)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Patek popped to second; Rojas flied out to center;
Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Rivers walked; Rivers was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Doyle grounded out (second to first);
Stanton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Angels 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Solaita grounded out (pitcher to first); Scheinblum
popped to third; Wohlford popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Robinson flied out to center; Lahoud struck out;
Bochte walked; Valentine singled to right [Bochte to third];
Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Royals 0, Angels 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Pinson singled to center; Brett singled to pitcher
[Pinson to second]; Healy struck out; Patek grounded into a
double play (third to first) [Pinson out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Ramirez struck out; Rivers singled to right; Doyle
flied out to left; Stanton was hit by a pitch [Rivers to
second]; Robinson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0,
Angels 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas grounded out (third to first); Otis grounded
out (third to first); Solaita struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Lahoud grounded out (second to first); Bochte
singled to right; Valentine forced Bochte (pitcher to shortstop)
[Valentine to second (error by Patek)]; Rodriguez flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Scheinblum struck out; Wohlford walked; Pinson flied
out to right; Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Ramirez was called out on strikes; Rivers walked;
Rivers was picked off first but was safe on an error by Busby
[Rivers to third]; Doyle doubled to right [Rivers scored
(unearned)]; Stanton was called out on strikes; Robinson struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Healy singled to center; Patek forced Healy (catcher
to shortstop); Rojas was called out on strikes; Otis walked
[Patek to second]; Solaita reached on an error by Ramirez [Patek
to third, Otis to second]; Scheinblum flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Lahoud walked; Bochte out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Lahoud to second]; Valentine grounded out (third to
first); Rodriguez was walked intentionally; Ramirez grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Wohlford lined to left; Pinson grounded out (second
to first); Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 7TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Doyle singled
to right; Stanton flied out to center; Robinson flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 1.

ROYALS 8TH: Healy grounded out (second to first); Patek walked;
Rojas singled to left [Patek to second]; SELLS REPLACED LANGE
(PITCHING); Otis lined to center; QUINTANA REPLACED SELLS
(PITCHING); MAYBERRY BATTED FOR SOLAITA; Mayberry struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 8TH: MAYBERRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Lahoud walked;
Bochte out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Lahoud to
second]; Valentine flied out to center; Rodriguez was hit by a
pitch; Ramirez grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 1.

ROYALS 9TH: Scheinblum singled to shortstop; WHITE RAN FOR
SCHEINBLUM; Wohlford singled to left [White to second]; LOCKWOOD
REPLACED QUINTANA (PITCHING); BEVACQUA BATTED FOR PINSON; On a
bunt Bevacqua singled [White to third, Wohlford to second];
Brett singled to right [White scored, Wohlford scored, Bevacqua
to third, Brett to second (on throw to home)]; Healy hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Bevacqua scored, Brett to third]; Patek
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas grounded out (third to
first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Angels 1.

ANGELS 9TH: WHITE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); COWENS REPLACED
BEVACQUA (PLAYING RF); Rivers singled to second; Doyle struck
out; Stanton singled to left [Rivers to second]; Robinson
singled to shortstop [Rivers to third, Stanton to second];
Lahoud struck out; Bochte walked [Rivers scored, Stanton to
third, Robinson to second]; Valentine forced Robinson (third
unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 3, Angels 2.

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