Thanks to the speed of Vada Pinson, Steve Busby became the first [sic] 20-game winner in Royals' history by defeating the Athletics, 2-1, Busby allowed only three hits, but the A's picked up an unearned run in the first when Bill North walked, stole second, advanced to third on a sacrifice and scored on a throwing error by Frank White. The Royals tied the score against Catfish Hunter in the fourth with a double by George Brett, a sacrifice and single by John Mayberry. Kansas City Royals 2, Oakland Athletics 1Game Played on Tuesday, September 17, 1974 (Night game) at Royals StadiumA's 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 2 Royals 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 x - 2 10 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .269 Pinson lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .262 Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Cowens rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .244 Rudi lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .290 Brett 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .274 Jackson rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .292 McRae dh 2 0 1 0 1 0 .316 Bando 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .249 Mayberry 1b 2 0 1 1 2 0 .243 Tenace 1b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .215 Otis cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .285 Alou dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .268 Maxvill 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .177 Healy c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Holt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 White ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Kubiak 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215 Busby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mangual ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Green 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Fosse c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .189 Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 1 3 0 3 8 Totals 32 2 10 2 3 2 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 14,412 Left on Base: A's 6, Royals 10 DP: A's 1, Royals 0 Errors: Jackson, Bando, White Doubles: Brett (19), Pinson (17) Stolen Bases: North (52), Cowens (4) Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (11), Alou (3), McRae (5) GIDP: White (5) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter L(23-12) 8 10 2 2 3 2 0 36 2.57 Totals 8 10 2 2 3 2 0 36 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Busby W(20-14) 9 3 1 0 3 8 0 34 3.40 Totals 9 3 1 0 3 8 0 34 Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Joe Brinkman ATHLETICS 1ST: North walked; North stole second; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [North to third]; Rudi struck out; Jackson reached on an error by White [North scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Bando forced Jackson (third to second); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Pinson flied out to center; Cowens popped to first in foul territory; Brett lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace walked; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first) [Tenace to second]; HOLT BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Holt grounded out (second to first) [Tenace to third]; Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: KUBIAK REPLACED HOLT (PLAYING 2B); McRae walked; Mayberry lined to left; Otis forced McRae (shortstop to second); Rojas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: North singled to center; Campaneris lined to left; Rudi singled to left [North to third]; Jackson popped to shortstop; Bando flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Healy flied out to right; White singled to left [White out at second (left to second)]; Pinson singled to right; Cowens grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace popped to catcher in foul territory; Alou struck out; MANGUAL BATTED FOR KUBIAK; Mangual struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: GREEN REPLACED MANGUAL (PLAYING 2B); Brett doubled to left; McRae out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Brett to third]; Mayberry singled to center [Brett scored]; Otis reached on an error by Bando [Mayberry to second]; Rojas flied out to center [Mayberry to third]; Healy flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Fosse struck out; North grounded out (first to pitcher); Campaneris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: White popped to second; Pinson flied out to center; Cowens singled to center; Cowens stole second; Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi flied out to right; Jackson was called out on strikes; Bando struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: McRae flied out to center; Mayberry walked; Otis singled to center [Mayberry to second]; Rojas flied out to center [Mayberry to third]; Healy flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace walked; Alou out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Tenace to second]; Green flied out to right; Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 7TH: White flied out to center; Pinson doubled to left; Cowens lined to first; Brett singled to second [Pinson scored]; McRae singled to right [Brett to third (error by Jackson)]; Mayberry walked [McRae to second]; Otis struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: North singled to center; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first) [North to second]; Rudi flied out to center; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 8TH: Rojas singled to center; Healy struck out; White grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rojas out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace was called out on strikes; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 2. |
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