After the Royals tied the score with an unearned run in the ninth inning, Amos Otis singled with the bases loaded in the 10th to defeat the Athletics, 4-3. The Royals counted twice off Vida Blue in the fifth, but the A's pulled even with a single by Bert Campaneris and homer by Joe Rudi in the sixth before going ahead in the seventh when Reggie Jackson singled, stole second, took third on a sacrifice and scored on a single by Sal Bando.

With two out in the Royals' ninth, Cookie Rojas hit a grounder that went through Gene Tenace. Fred Patek, running for Rojas, stole second and continued to third on a throwing error by Ray Fosse. Orlando Cepeda then batted for Jim Wohlford and singled to tie the score. In the 10th, Al Cowens hit a one-out single off Rollie Fingers. Paul Lindblad relieved and gave up a double by George Brett and intentional pass to Hal McRae to load the bases. John Mayberry fouled out, but Otis came through with a single for his third hit of the game. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Thursday, September 19, 1974 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  2    0  1  0    0  -   3 11  2
Royals       0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  1    1  -   4 10  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              2   0   0   0     2   0   .268      White ss,2b           5   0   1   1     0   0   .229
Campaneris ss         5   1   2   0     0   1   .296      Cowens rf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .243
Rudi lf               5   1   2   2     0   1   .292      Brett 3b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .270
Jackson rf            4   1   3   0     1   0   .295      McRae dh              4   0   0   0     1   1   .315
Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .248      Mayberry 1b           4   1   1   0     1   0   .244
Tenace 1b             5   0   1   1     0   1   .213      Otis cf               5   1   3   1     0   0   .288
C. Washington dh      4   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Trillo 2b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .095        Patek pr,ss         0   1   0   0     0   0   .225
  Mangual ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .227      Wohlford lf           3   0   0   0     0   2   .273
  Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .214        Cepeda ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .215
  Holt ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .234        Pinson pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .264
  Maxvill 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .177      Martinez c            4   0   1   1     0   0   .202
  Alou ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Green 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .216        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fosse c               4   0   3   0     0   0   .202
Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   3  11   3     4   4             Totals               39   4  10   4     2   3

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 14,218
Left on Base: A's 9, Royals 9
DP: A's 1, Royals 2
Errors: Tenace, Fosse
Doubles: Jackson 2 (25), Fosse (8), Brett (20)
Home Runs: Rudi (20)
Stolen Bases: Jackson (24), North (53), Patek (33)
Sacrifice Hits: North (10), Bando (1), Rojas (8)
GIDP: C. Washington (5), McRae (10)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue                    8.2   6   3   2   1   3   0  34   3.36
Fingers L(9-5)          0.2   2   1   1   0   0   0   4   2.75
Lindblad                0.1   2   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.11
Totals                  9.2  10   4   3   2   3   0  42

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles                  5     7   2   2   1   2   1  22   4.00
Bird W(7-5)             5     4   1   1   3   2   0  20   2.82
Totals                 10    11   3   3   4   4   1  42

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Nestor Chylak


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (third to first); Campaneris
lined to shortstop; Rudi singled to center; Jackson walked [Rudi
to second]; Bando grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: White grounded out (second to first); Cowens lined
to second; Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); C.
Washington grounded out (third to first); MANGUAL BATTED FOR
TRILLO; Mangual struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: KUBIAK REPLACED MANGUAL (PLAYING 2B); McRae flied
out to right; Mayberry popped to first in foul territory; Otis
singled to shortstop; Rojas grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Fosse singled to center; North out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Fosse to second]; Campaneris singled
to center [Fosse out at home (center to catcher), Campaneris to
second (on throw to home)]; Rudi grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Wohlford struck out; Martinez flied out to right;
White popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson flied out to center; Bando flied out to
left; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens flied out to left; Brett grounded out (third
to first); McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: C. Washington flied out to right; HOLT BATTED FOR
KUBIAK; Holt grounded out (second to first); Fosse singled to
left; North flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: MAXVILL REPLACED HOLT (PLAYING 2B); Mayberry walked;
Otis singled to right [Mayberry to second]; Rojas reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Mayberry to third, Otis to
second]; Wohlford struck out; Martinez forced Rojas (first to
shortstop) [Mayberry scored, Otis to third]; White singled to
left [Otis scored, Martinez to second]; Cowens forced White
(third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris singled to left; Rudi homered
[Campaneris scored]; Jackson doubled to left; BIRD REPLACED
BRILES (PITCHING); Bando grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Jackson to third]; Tenace flied out to center; C. Washington
grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Brett popped to first in foul territory; McRae
struck out; Mayberry singled to shortstop; Otis popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: ALOU BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Alou grounded out (third
to first); Fosse doubled to left; North walked; Campaneris
struck out; Rudi struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: GREEN REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING 2B); Rojas flied out to
center; Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to first); Martinez
singled to center; White popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Jackson singled to center; Jackson stole second;
Bando out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Jackson to
third]; Tenace singled to left [Jackson scored]; C. Washington
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Tenace out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Cowens singled to second; Brett flied out to center;
McRae grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Cowens out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Green lined to left; Fosse grounded out
(shortstop to first); North walked; North stole second;
Campaneris flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
3, Royals 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher); Otis flied
out to center; Rojas reached on an error by Tenace; CEPEDA
BATTED FOR WOHLFORD; PATEK RAN FOR ROJAS; FINGERS REPLACED BLUE
(PITCHING); Patek stole second [Patek to third (error by
Fosse)]; Cepeda singled to second [Patek scored (unearned)];
PINSON RAN FOR CEPEDA; Martinez lined to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
2 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 10TH: PATEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); PINSON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WHITE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Rudi
popped to second; Jackson doubled to left; Bando was walked
intentionally; Tenace hit into a double play to center [Jackson
out at third (center to second to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 3, Royals 3.

ROYALS 10TH: On a bunt White made an out to first; Cowens
singled to right; LINDBLAD REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Brett
doubled to left [Cowens to third]; McRae was walked
intentionally; Mayberry popped to catcher in foul territory;
Otis singled to shortstop [Cowens scored, Brett to third, McRae
to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 3, Royals 4.